Dear Sean
Well to be frank, I only saw it on the lute. It looked pretty
ordinary, there.
I agree however, that what you say should hold; but the lutemaker who
was present seemed also to know what these strings were. He did not
contradict Remy, but just warned him to look out for trouble.
When and if I see him again, I will give him your questions. I don't
think these strings are widely available, but part of a research
project.
The only thing I can find on the web, about Charles Besnaiou's
strings, relates closely to gut. I have found this extraordinarilly
low teck. "Roll your own gut strings" page
it could be fun, so I give you the address (but you must brush up
your French first; perhaps I can find you another web page for that.
Or you could use an automatic translator : http://olivier-
feraud.instrumentsmedievaux.org/text/cordes.html
Best regards
Anthony
Le 23 sept. 07 à 17:09, Sean Smith a écrit :
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> 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:
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>> 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 :
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>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>>
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