----- Original Message ----- From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 11:01 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Open wound bass strings
> No, I think we (?) are talking aout the demi-filé (thank you, Greet) > strings > Mimmo is making. Gut core, very open winding on top of that. Kürschner and > Larson make a different kind of gut + metal strings. Kürschner half embeds > the metal within the gut, Larson completely. The feel of each of these > strings is quite different. From much metal (Perufo), to a bit of metal > (Kürschner) to no metal (Larson). > > David That's right, open-wound stands for demi-filé (like similar strings in bass registers of early pianos). The other type of strings in which the wire is integrated to a greater or lesser degree into the gut (more by the process of twisting than winding) are known as " tigerline" or "gimped". Alexander To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
