I can only give you an opinion understanding that I am not a Tennis player. You are to a certain extent comparing apples and oranges. Gut for musical instrument strings imparts a better tamber to the sound of the Lute, giving it warm over-tones that nylon can not.
However; nylon strings are stronger and more resilient making the tone of a Lute a bit more crisp and strident, the very qualities you may be looking for in a tennis racket. This is just my opinion and my thoughts on the subject. There is probably a vast difference in the way nylon for tennis rackets is drawn than for musical instruments. Vance ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bernd Haegemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Edward Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Martin Shepherd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "ariel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; "Anthony Hind" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 7:44 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Rép : [LUTE] Re: Gut strings - Tennis-Lute loveALL >> Are there any lutists who also play tennis and use gut for both? How > > If you live in a place like Brussels, a gut-strung racket will reduce > the joy of outdoor tennis to approximateley 2 hours per year :-))) > > When I was young there were only gut-strung wooden rackets. > I remember many years later how Bjoern Borg tried to revive > this, I saw a match in Hamburg. No chance! > > >> do you feel about this? Is there any common research between the >> makers of gut for both activities? > > In 17th century France there were also lutes and the jeu de paume (court > tennis - > there was a court in Versailles, for example. > > BH > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.12.8/973 - Release Date: 8/25/2007 > 5:00 PM > >
