I doubt whether Mimmo gets them from someone else. He had been waiting to find a particular type of gut, so as to be able to make these again; and if I understood correctly, this same gut would allow him to improve the very smallest loaded strings, below say, about D-10 on an 11c lute. I know Mimmo makes these himself. He is an experimental string maker, he is even about to experiment on new types of synthetics. I think that nylgut had to be made elsewhere under contract from Mimmo, because until recently he did not have an extrudor.
What I have understood, is that Univerale makes strings for a number of other companies, perhaps Baroco, and La Folia, but don't quote me on that. That does not necessarily mean they are identical, they might be made to specification. Therefore if there are strong trebles in all three companies, they may be made by the same company, and I would guess that would be Universale. I am only going from what I have read on Mimmo's pages, and on the explanations that he has kindly given me, in particular about his research into loaded strings, and his recent attempts to improve the smallest loaded strings. Anthony Le 25 nov. 08 à 09:36, Martyn Hodgson a écrit : > > I had a long conversation with Mimmo at last week's exhibition in > London. One of the things we discussed was strong trebles: he said > (if I understood him right) that ALL these higher tensile gut > strings are made by the same Italian manufacturer who sells them to > various retailers. > > Incidentally, an earlier email about Universale strings and > responses is to be found in the archives. Ref below. Note that beef > (bull?) gut is mentioned. > Gut strings - 'Universale corde musicali' > > Friday, 24 August, 2007 4:10 PM > > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
