Franz- Seriously, it IS easier (but perhaps not cheaper) these days than it was back in the mid 1970's when I was hunting and gathering everything from surgical gut to tennis racket strings to Pirastro harp and viola da gamba strings. I advise going to Mimmo Peruffo's web sites- informational background and string source:
http://www.mimmoperuffo.org/9e.htm http://www.aquilausa.com/ Also Dan Larson (but he is personally hard to get a hold of these days) http://gamutstrings.com/ More links- http://www.unm.edu/~ctdbach/music/lute_strings.html This should help with gut specs, and some of the dealers also play the lute, and can personally help you out. I literally cannot afford Mimmo's recent 2nd generation loaded basses for my Baroque lute, but someday.... >> - Do you mean it's getting difficult if an ignorant is setting up his >> mind to bye gut strings? Any advice??? Of course I could have >> anticipated this as there is nothing easy with the lute except burning >> it ... >> Franz Matches are still a Hell of a bargain. Steel, flint, and lighter fluid are an unholy compromise, though. Dan -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
