Dear Anthony, I can appreciate the mystery of where or when it would stop stretching. Even a rubber band eventually seems to find that point where it stops stretching and it's near the break/not break stage and might become somewhat string-like.
First, I was trying to imagine the length of leader that would eventually be wrapped around the peg. Or is it stretchy enought that one could secure it to the peg under tension? Then I wondered: if you are stretching it to, say, 3 times its length then it must be purchased at 3x the diameter (the mass must remain constant, right?) How does one push that through the bridge hole? Respectfully curious, Sean On Sep 23, 2007, at 1:52 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: > Sean > Well that is what he told me. I only saw them on his lute, so for > all I know he may have been telling a porky, or at least having me > on. Well actually, he did not say 9"; he said as long as this, and I > judge roughly that "this" was 9". It might have been the inverse of > the fisherman's tale. > > A lutemaker who was present declared that it would therefore be > almost impossible to predict the final tension, and that Remi > Cassaigne should beware. > Best regards > Anthony > > > > > Le 23 sept. 07 à 07:36, Sean Smith a écrit : > >> >> On Sep 22, 2007, at 10:47 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: >>> .... a bass lute by Michael Lowe ... >>> >>> He reported that, before they are put on the lute, these strings are >>> about 9" long. They must be extremely elastic, and it is probably... >> >> Do I sense a gentle tugging of my lower extremities? >> >> Sean >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
