that's a profound philosophical question... ;-) everything is subjected to the effects of time and decay, nothing endures forever, said the ancients... in modern times you physics speak about the 2d. princ. of thermodynamics, etc..., which expresses the same as the words ancients used, but in a much less poetical form because of lack of emotionality... saludos, Manolo Laguillo
Herbert Ward wrote: >What actually causes strings to go dead? > >One theory is that dirt cakes between the windings and causes >the string to stiffen slightly. But that would apply only >to wound strings, and should be removable with a soapy >bath. Then too is the question of whether dirt could actually >stiffen a string appreciably. > >Another theory might involve mechanical damage to the string >(eg, accrued imbalance from wear, or dents from the frets). But, >while damage might cause false harmonics, I don't see how it >could cause the loss of brilliance which is the hallmark of >a dead string. > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > --
