Dear Lutelisters,
I am trying to replace the top course on a lute with a 0.4 mm new nylgut
string, and I am finding that these strings constantly break at the nut before
coming up to pitch. I have tried three strings and they all have broken.
Previously the lute had an old nylgut string
Does anyone know if Kuerchner in Germany is still making gut strings? Or
Kathedrale (?).
Simon Lambert
Oxford, England
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Dear all
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF LEFT-HANDED LUTE PLAYERS
At the recent Annual General Meeting of the Lute Society the view was
expressed that not enough is done for left-handed players, especially
Have people seen Lute News, the quarterly magazine of the
[British-based] Lute Society, just lately?
It's had a most attractive redesign, and now has a fine art cover - in
full colour! - with accompanying essay on iconography, and besides
transcripts of papers given at Lute Society meetings, and
