> At Gamut strings, we sometimes dye them, but we do this when the gut is wet, > before the string is twisted and constructed. After the string is twisted, > dry and ready to be used, we do not color our strings because we would have > to soak them to make them wet again, and this would probably destroy the > string, we do not know. > > We would be interested to know if anyone knows how to successfully dye a gut > string already constructed.
I guess I’ll go back to using a marker. It is kind of hokey and un historical but it works for a year or two. My archlute soundboard is exactly the same color as Gamut strings! To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
