On Thursday, Feb 8, 2007, at 09:34 America/Los_Angeles, Anthony Hind wrote:
> One person thought that it was not possible to use a gut lute string > over 114 cms. Obviously, this must depend on diameter, but would you > know whether there is any such limit? > > What would be the longest useable gut string for an arch-lute or > theorbo be? Somebody's misunderstanding something here. Maybe it's me. Gut strings longer than 114 cm are common. The ones on my theorbo are 167 cm. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
