Fnaarr -----Original Message----- From: Gregory Doc Rossi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 January 2008 17:39 To: Lute Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: string organization
On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:25 PM, Narada wrote: > > How short is short Doc? Less than 45cm. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gregory Doc Rossi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 11 January 2008 17:18 > To: Lute Net > Subject: [LUTE] Re: string organization > > I don't know how many of you ever use iron or brass, but it seems to > last forever sound-wise. If I break one on a longer scale instrument, > I file it away in case I break one on shorter scale instrument. I > keep the old strings in envelopes according to gauge - must be my > librarian experience. I save the ones that are too short, too - you > never know when I might get a shorter instrument. > > On Jan 11, 2008, at 6:05 PM, Sean Smith wrote: > >> >> You mean, like, you reuse fret gut? Dang! >> >> I have a box where the new (and newish) gut is in the front, mostly >> organized by diameter (thank heaven for Aquila giving 2 paper >> envelopes per string), a nylgut section after that and fret gut/used >> gut strings in the back, again in envelopes by size. >> >> My best friends here are zillions of string envelopes and a digital >> caliper (currently less than $10 at Harbor Freight) >> >> While I change strings or frets the working table becomes an ode to >> entropy. >> >> Sean >> >> >> On Friday, January 11, 2008, at 08:25AM, "Daniel Winheld" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> wrote: >>>> How long is a piece of string? >>> HOW LONG IS THAT PIECE OF FRET GUT YOU JUST CLIPPED OFF AND HAS >>> FALLEN INTO THE CARPET? >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > >
