RE wire strings, which were somehow deemed an implausibility on early harps:
This is pure conjecture, but I think that by the middle ages craftsmen had
been working with various metals long enough to have figured out how to draw it
through a die to get wire. Perhaps the greatest obstacle to making good
musical stings would be impurities in the metal which could lead to easy
breakage or poor pitch focus.
When were gimped gut strings first used? They require wire.
Any more knowledgeable contributions to this?
Regards,
Leonard Williams
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