On 25 Feb 2010, at 6:49 PM, David van Ooijen wrote:
High humidity is not so friendly on the strings, but worse on the instrument. But as long as the lute/strings is/are in a more or less stable environemnt, you should be able to manage gut. I use gut when playing in Japan (similar high temperatures and humidity in summer), and found it not worse than in Europe. Many of the lute playing members of the LGS in Japan use gut strings.
My 7-course Ren and 14-course Archlute aren't doing too badly, the instruments haven't warped in the 15 or so years they've been out in the tropics. Though the tone is *slightly* less resonant than when they were in London, where I originally picked them up. How long will gut strings last, any idea?
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