Indeed very curious, as in the past, when discussing the matter with Eph. Segermann and Mimmo Peruffo, their main killer argument concerning silk strings in Ren. Europe was, - there were non ever made, there is no mentioning of the silk strings at all. Mine sounded more like a wacky conspirator's - What happened to all the silk in the 16th century, when English silk industry collapsed literally overnight (due to Italian rising), with thousands loosing their livelihood. All that fiber went somewhere, and the string making would be the first place. (Not unlike about 70 year span of unusually good steel string wire, that inspired all the harps and zithers.) alexander r.
On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:00:53 +0100 David van Ooijen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 10:55 PM, alexander <[email protected]> wrote: > > The silk has to be twisted in a very different way for the lute, very > > unlike any of the oriental instruments > > These strings were presented as a gift on the outward trip, suggesting > the silk strings were taken on board in England. > > David > > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [email protected] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > ******************************* > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
