At 9:38 AM -0600 11/27/04, Edward Martin wrote: >the sources never mention roped >gut. I can imagine that roping gut is a modern invention, rather than a >historical fact. I have found the same results with roping, that it gives >a rather dull sound. The lower tension solution seems to be logical.
I haven't seen anyone mention any pictures that depict them accurately here either. Strings are still the biggest mystery to me about the lute. -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
