Dear Rob et al., By "rose brass" I assume you mean the brass made by Malcolm Rose. I'm not sure which one you mean, as he appears to have two types: Red brass (a 90/10 mix of copper and something else, probably mostly zinc) and "English brass" (a 70/30 mix of ditto). I do not carry Malcolm Rose brass at present, but I do regularly stock a yellow brass (70/30), which is drawn in the US. I can also supply red brass (85/15 for smaller diameters and 90/10 for larger diameters), though I haven't stocked it because I haven't had any requests for it so far. (That, of course, may change!) I should make clear that I do not produce or draw my own wire (yet!), though I do personally hand-twist each of the twisted strings and loops for plain strings. For those interested in strings for English Guittar, James Tyler had me make a complete set of iron and yellow brass (with twisted strings for courses 5 and 6) for his restored Rauche guittar (43cm mensur, A-415, cegc'e'g') in December of 2009. He told me he was very pleased with them. I can readily make up a duplicate set for anyone else who is interested. Simply contact me off-list. Best regards, Andrew At 11:05 AM 4/18/2012, you wrote:
Andrew, I've just visited your site, and am impressed. I'd like to ask you about rose brass, which I use for my English Guittar. I love the chiming sound of it on the third, fourth and fifth courses, but I don't see it on your site. Bear in mind I know next to nothing about metals, tensions, and what not, so maybe you do carry rose brass, maybe under a different name? Rob [1]www.robmackillop.net -- References 1. http://www.robmackillop.net/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html