Crawford Young uses a guitar string as a plectrum. He tells how to use an eagle feather by stripping off the feather part. That is, using the thinner end of the feather (sic). That part being round and has the advantage of being flexible in any direction.
On Jun 6, 2008, at 3:57 AM, LGS-Europe wrote: > How do people make their (medieval) plectra? I have chopped up and > sanded down some turkey feathers, different techniques, different > thickness/stiffnes, but I'm only half convinced of the sound. > > Advice much appreciated. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
