Good question, David. They're very old Pyramids and although silvery in colour, it looks like silver plating on top of copper. I'd have thought that sweat and dirt might have calmed them down after all these years, but . . . :(
Bill From: "starb...@optonline.net" <starb...@optonline.net> To: William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 16:23 Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Zingy strings Bill, Are you using silver or copper wound? I found that the copper wound are less "zingy" than the silver wound (at least on my lute). -David ----- Original Message ----- From: William Samson Date: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 10:32 am Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Zingy strings To: baroque-lute mailing-list > Hi, > > Just wondering if anybody had found a good way to take the > worst of the > boom and everlasting sustain out of overwound basses? Loaded > gut is > 'way beyond my budget, so anything that would make, say, > Kuerschner or > Pyramid basses a bit tamer would be helpful. > > I have heard about people who put a blob of Blu-tack on each string > where it emerges from the bridge, but that sounds messy and > unsightly. Hopefully there's a less cringe-making solution. > > Thanks! > > Bill > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
