Dear Jon, Gut for lute strings comes from sheep. The word "cattle" used to include sheep as well as cows. "Catgut" is short for "cattle gut", i.e. gut from sheep. Catgut has as much to do with cats as those cat's-eye things in the middle of the road.
Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "bill kilpatrick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 8:10 AM Subject: Re: eagle feathers > Bill, > > Is there any information on whether cat-gut should be taken from domestic > cats or feral ones. I have a large gray cat sitting on my shoulder with > claws prepared for action depending on the answer. I've told her that it > really wasn't from cats, but she doesn't believe me. Plectra she isn't > worried about as her claws aren't shaped for that, but those gut strings, > they concern her. > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
