Dear all, recently I received a message from Aquila concerning the gut strings. He
stopped the production, but you can read it by yourself. I add his message to this mail. I by myself did never use varnished gut strings. I always have been of the opinion that varnishing is a modern addition to the strings. Varnished strings may be a bit more resistant against humidity and wearing out. Some of my clients ordered them, but I always recommended oiled strings. regards Matthias ================================================= Matthias Wagner Lutes - Oud - guitars - music strings online shop Klemmbachstr. 11 a D - 79410 Badenweiler - Schweighof Tel. +49-7632 - 82 86 95, Fax: +49-7632 - 82 898 68 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.lutes-strings.de ( instruments ) http://www.music-strings.de ( music strings online shop ) ================================================= Original Text from Mimmo Peruffo: "Dear friends, We would like to inform our customers that, starting from August 2006, we are discontinuing the production of varnished gut strings. Thanks to the constant improvement of our manufacturing know-how and of the raw materials employed the varnishing of gut strings has become unnecessary. String varnishing is a modern treatment which was never used historically (gut strings were kept in olive or almond oil) and its sole purpose is granting a longer string playing life. But this happens at the cost of other aspects, the most important being a loss of sound quality, brightness for example, but also the bowing attack is not as efficient as with unvarnished gut. The new product we offer instead are semi-rectified strings (half rectified). We tested these strings for a long time: they best imitate historic hand- polishing in that they damage only a small amount of gut fibers as compared with current rectifying methods. The advantages are: an improved stability by climatic changes, longer playing life (similar to those of the vernished ones) and superior acoustical performance. Varnished strings still in stock: please check our homepage here: http://www.aquilacorde.com/catalogo9.htm > > Does anybody has tried Aquila gut strings? I'd like to know the > difference between varnished and oiled strings. > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------------------------
