Thanks for the info. Dunno about the caterpillars; I've always liked, rightly or wrongly, the kitgut etymology-- or should it entomology for caterpillars? kit=violin, earlier, rebec Humanity says: 'This dance would do mich better yet If we had a kit or taberet'. Interlude of the Four Elements, 1517
dt At 06:50 AM 6/17/2008, you wrote: >Hi, all, >I don't have info for the makers mentioned, but there's a man near >me in Connecticut USA who makes silk strings: Alexander Rakov, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been very happy with them on my Asian >instruments (san xian, dan nguyet), but haven't yet tried them on >early European instruments. BTW, he feels the original "cats" of >"catgut" strings were caterpillars. >Best, >Chris. > > >>> David Tayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/17/2008 3:16 AM >>> >Very interested in trying them, >has some years ago and they were great >dt > > >At 11:37 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote: > >Dear collected wisdom > > > >I'm looking for the address (mail or electronic) of Peter Rea and > >Margret Caley. They live somewhere in Australia and made experiments > >with silk strings "with great success" (citation from a mail of Ian > >Watchorn). I can't find more informations on an actual address and > >hope on the help of our discussion group. Thanks a lot! > > > >Andreas Schlegel > > > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
