On Dec 26, 2009, at 5:49 PM, David van Ooijen wrote:
For my shamisen I
have some silk strings - nylon too, big difference! - but never
tried
these on a lute.
I have.
[1]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/shamisenstring.html
They were a bit twangy. or rattle-ly. And bright yellow. I enquired if
they were pure silk and that is what they said. I think they might work
if you could get just the right gage. This was quite a while ago and I
didn't research it very well. I think I only bought two strings.
Someday, maybe I'll get into investigating it more and attach a weight
to one and put it across a guitar and see what kind of pitch comes out
for what string length. Problem is I only have 2 and 3 kg dumbells. (As
you can see if you scroll down the webpage)
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[2]edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp
[3]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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References
1. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/shamisenstring.html
2. mailto:edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp
3. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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