[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-09 Thread Anthony Hind
: alexander voka...@verizon.net A : Ron Andrico praelu...@hotmail.com Cc : agno3ph...@yahoo.com; t...@heartistrymusic.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoye le : Mercredi 7 mars 2012 15h54 Objet : Re: [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) I seriously doubt

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-09 Thread alexander
] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) I seriously doubt there is an interest in the mechanics of the subject on this list, which are rather complex. It matters to say that the spider silk research is an immensely long and difficult endeavor, without a clear

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-09 Thread Anthony Hind
Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com Cc : lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoye le : Vendredi 9 mars 2012 16h31 Objet : [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) Greetings, Anthony. Well, you, of all people, quite certainly can grasp the problems

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-07 Thread wikla
On 07/03/12 01:03, Adam Olsen wrote: On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:00 PM,cyndi...@netscape.net wrote: I didn't know tarantulas made webs! Now those little guys in the corner of the room and imagine the prey they could capture with this stuff! No more need for traps or poison to eliminate indoor

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread Anthony Hind
__ De : t...@heartistrymusic.com t...@heartistrymusic.com A : lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoye le : Mercredi 7 mars 2012 8h08 Objet : [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread I saw this two days ago on BBC

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread Ron Andrico
+ To: t...@heartistrymusic.com CC: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu From: agno3ph...@yahoo.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) Yes, testing a string is not easy if you can't make a direct comparison with some other known

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread alexander
I seriously doubt there is an interest in the mechanics of the subject on this list, which are rather complex. It matters to say that the spider silk research is an immensely long and difficult endeavor, without a clear end in sight. The cultured silk research, going on for some 600 years,

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread tom
...@heartistrymusic.com t...@heartistrymusic.com À: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoyé le : Mercredi 7 mars 2012 8h08 Objet: [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread I saw this two days ago on BBC, and after listening to the sound bite I thought, There's no way to compare

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread Anthony Hind
2012 15h54 Objet : Re: [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) I seriously doubt there is an interest in the mechanics of the subject on this list, which are rather complex. It matters to say that the spider silk research is an immensely long

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread cyndiric
...@heartistrymusic.com; lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 9:54 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) I seriously doubt there is an interest in the mechanics of the subject on this ist, which are rather complex. It matters to say that the spider

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread Sean Smith
: alexandervoka...@verizon.net To: Ron Andricopraelu...@hotmail.com Cc: agno3phileagno3ph...@yahoo.com; tomt...@heartistrymusic.com; lutelute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 9:54 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) I seriously doubt

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?)

2012-03-07 Thread Robert Compton
: Violin strings out of spider's thread (objective blind test?) I seriously doubt there is an interest in the mechanics of the subject on this ist, which are rather complex. It matters to say that the spider silk research s an immensely long and difficult endeavor, without a clear end

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread Leonard Williams
Arto-- Looks like you may need to add a new material to your string calculator! Leonard On 3/6/12 3:41 PM, Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com wrote: Violin strings out of spider's thread: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17232058 Anthony -- To get on or off

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread Arto Wikla
Well, what is the density, Kg/m3... ;) And btw I have the feel that my tarantulas are not willing to co-operate in producing enough material... Arto On 06/03/12 23:40, Leonard Williams wrote: Arto-- Looks like you may need to add a new material to your string calculator! Leonard

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread cyndiric
Wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi; Leonard Williams arc...@verizon.net Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tue, Mar 6, 2012 5:03 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread Try to feed them better! ))) T From: Arto Wikla wi...@cs.helsinki.fi Well, what is the density, Kg/m3

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread Adam Olsen
On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 4:00 PM, cyndi...@netscape.net wrote: I didn't know tarantulas made webs! Now those little guys in the corner of the room and imagine the prey they could capture with this stuff! No more need for traps or poison to eliminate indoor mice, rats, bats. They can all

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread Daniel Winheld
Yes- I got the news from one of my lute students yesterday. I heard a sample sound bite on the radio on the way home from work today, somewhat strange sounding- reedy, webby, a touch ethereal otherworldly in a nice way. How the hell did they harvest and process it? About 12 years ago some

[LUTE] Re: Violin strings out of spider's thread

2012-03-06 Thread tom
I saw this two days ago on BBC, and after listening to the sound bite I thought, There's no way to compare. Give me a sample sound bite of a good violin with Thomastik strings, and the SAME violin with spider silk strings. Then I will have a basis for comparison. With their current sound