Vance
You could be right, I was a little tongue in the cheek, but my
friend also says he far preferred the rounder warmer sound of the gut
(as opposed to the "crisp and strident" sound of the synthetics), so
that looks to be something in common. It may depend why you play
tennis, to hit hard, or to enjoy the subtler aspects of the game
(well, I am talking tennis, but thinking lute, of course).
Best regards
Anthony
Le 26 août 07 à 15:26, vance wood a écrit :
> 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
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>>> 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
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