Sting probably doesn't want to be looked at through a microscope anyway. > at a stRing. > RT > > I'd rather be playing, not to mention composing, rather than staring > > at a sting through the microscope............. RT > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "alexander" <[email protected]> > > To: "Anthony Hind" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "Ed Durbrow" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:40 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: String > > hairs > > > > > >> Yes, yes, Ed! How do you apply it?! The super glue? > >> > >> A possible solution, yes. THE ONE could master a reliable skill to > >> fix gut strings this way, so that they still tune, do not buzz and > >> produce funny harmonics, and last a "couple of weeks" more then > >> they do already, after just a trim. A really high quality > >> cyanoacrylate glue of well chosen thickness applied BEFORE > >> trimming, then a surgical trimming and sanding of the remaining > >> hard bump can save the string. Unless, to begin with, the string > >> was ran through the rectifier mercilessly and will most likely > >> begin to unravel in a new spot. ONE can examine the string of > >> course with a strong lens (better yet, a microscope) and judicially > >> repair all the suspicious spots. ONE can get so fed up with the > >> whole charade, as to buy some raw gut and twist own top string, out > >> of a couple of guts, without sanding, and go through the whole > >> renaissance experience of hoping for a true string and such. Then, > >> one, nervously looking around and seeing all the people > >> trouble-free using their time away! > >> to polish their lute musicianship on the nasty synthetics, and > >> getting > >> some very decent results, while THE ONE is polishing a totally > >> foreign and unrelated skills, THE ONE goes into the closet and > >> tries one of those nasty synthetics himself, may be shacking and > >> crying... The life is a continuous rerun... Yasha Heifez, Andrès > >> Segovia, Paul ODette, David Smith... > >> > >> alexander r. > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:49:57 +0000 (GMT) > >> Anthony Hind <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> How do you apply it Ed? Do you take it completely off the lute, > >>> or apply with extreme care and a match stick, or similar? > >>> Regards Anthony PS I suppose it should be really minimal, > >>> application to the whole string might give an interestingly > >>> stiff string? > >>> _____________________________________________________________ > >>> _____ > >>> > >>> De : Ed Durbrow <[email protected]> > >>> A : David Smith <[email protected]>; LuteNet list > >>> <[email protected]> > >>> Envoye le : Vendredi 20 janvier 2012 13h20 > >>> Objet : [LUTE] Re: String hairs > >>> You can try a bit of superglue. > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > >
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