I sometimes get squeaking with gut strings too. I have found that rubbing a capsule of vitamin E into the fingertips, rinsing with warm water and drying the hands leaves a very thin film on the fingers which you don't notice, but which eliminates the squeaking. It also seems to be good for keeping the finger tips soft.
Stephen Toombs Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: Edward Martin <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 2, 2009 7:18 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Old Satoh Vinyl Recording To: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[email protected]>, 'lutelist' <[email protected]> > On a recent recording project of 11-course music, my first efforts > failed > with terrible string squeaking, so gut makes string noise as well. > > The remedy: hand lotion. It feels weird, but it sure cleans up > the ugly > finger noise. > > ed > > > > > > At 12:20 PM 2/2/2009 -0500, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > >Of course, excessive and ugly finger noise is ugly to modern > guitarists too. > > > >Eugene > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Taco Walstra [mailto:[email protected]] > > > Sent: Monday, February 02, 2009 9:58 AM > > > To: lutelist > > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Old Satoh Vinyl Recording > > > > > > On Monday 02 February 2009, Anthony Hind rattled on the keyboard: > > > > The LP's (it is a 2-record set) were done years ago, before > people> > > were recording in gut. > > > > > > > > ed > > > ... > > > > Yes, I forgot that gut stringing, came in around the 80s, > > > while thumb- > > > > in (which Terry used) was reintroduced (under the influence > > > of Michael > > > > Schaeffer) a little earlier, I think. > > > > > > Still we encounter so many ensembles where all violins, > > > violas, celli, .. use gut strings but the theorbo/lute player > > > has an instrument stringed with an ugly set of nylgut,, pvf, > > > nylon and some gut diapasons. The "reintroduction" > > > is surely not finished. > > > Can't resist to mention the CD by serdoura where you wrote a > > > translation of the foreword, anthony. Serdoura is an example > > > of somebody who has his feet still in the starting of the > > > 70s. No warm sound at all on this CD, still no use of gut > > > strings. Ugly fingersounds rubbing over positions on the > > > fingerboards like guitarplayers. The 70s are still present in > > > our time. > > > Well, the 70 had their charm too. Nice recordings by led > > > zeppelin, pink floyd.. > > > Taco > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > >No virus found in this incoming message. > >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.16/1930 - Release Date: > 01/30/09 > >17:31:00 > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: [email protected] > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > > >
