Where does Pepys say a single strand of hair?
--- On Wed, 6/10/10, alexander <[email protected]> wrote:
From: alexander <[email protected]>
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings + Titanium Nylon?
To: "Anthony Hind" <[email protected]>
Cc: [email protected]
Date: Wednesday, 6 October, 2010, 12:28
Well, just for a giggle, here is a totally opposite speculation:
from Samuel Pepys' diary:
"This day Mr Caesar told me a pretty
experiment of his, of angling with a minikin, a gut string varnished
over
which keeps it from swelling and is beyond any hair for strength and
smallness. The secret I like mightily!"
Please note, that the minikin is the top lute string, and note the
"smallness" exceeding that of the horse hair. Now, how's that for a
speculation?...
alexander
On Wed, 06 Oct 2010 05:53:47 -0400, Anthony Hind
<[1][email protected]> wrote:
> Dear Martyn
> "This seems a very retrograde step. Surely if we are wishing to
hear
> something even approaching how the Old Ones sounded we ought to
> eschew treble strings which are so very different from what they
had. "
> Martyn
> I think I would agree with you, I was informing but not
> advocating.
> While there are strong arguments for gut having been made more
dense by
> loading of basses so as to obtain a less "tubby" sound), there is
none
> (as far as I know) in favour of some treatment that lowers its
> intrinsic density for trebles (for a less bright sound),
!!
although
> there
> is speculation that historic top strings may have been thicker
than
> they are today (I believe) and so perhaps less bright sounding.
!!
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