Early morning type alert: bits of cloth On 21 February 2013 06:50, David van Ooijen <[email protected]> wrote: > On 21 February 2013 05:59, Herbert Ward <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thus it seems strange that I've never >> seen anyone damp overspun strings with >> foam rubber. > > I've seen and heard people damp their overspuns with various kinds of > soft materials attached to the strings near the bridge. Ranging from > the outer insulating cover of electricity cable, bith of cloth, to > some sort of cream/wax/greease (something gooey). Old age also mellows > overspuns. There a scores of especially Baroque lute players out there > who have adopted complicated dampening techniques with their thumbs. > All is possible, using gut bases too. > > David > > > > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > [email protected] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > *******************************
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