I glue mine back together again, boil them ( a trick bassists use ) or chuck them in the bin. Gives the recyclers something to look forward to. But I haven't changed the strings on my lute yet so I really can't comment Ha Ha.
How short is short Doc? -----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 >> >> > > >
