I'd been meaning to ask: you mentioned in an earlier post that amongst others, Tartini, Stradivarius and L Mozart used all gut stringing on their violins. I was curious to know where this information comes from, as I haven't come across anything conclusive from any of them. Could you point me in the right direction?
Many thanks Oliver From dt 2 April: "Notable examples of "all gut" Mersenne 1635 Talbot, 1690s Stradivarius Tartini, 1734 Leopold Mozart, 1756 Gunzelheimer, 1855 Hey, good enough for Stradivarius, Tartini and Mozart--no slouches there." -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
