Ask your dentist. They have abrasive string for removing tooth enamel, for example, between the teeth. A kind of abrasive dental floss. It comes in various grades of sharpness. Some seem to be coated with stone fragments like sandpaper, others (still sharper) with chips of metal.
ajn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Arndt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 6:00 PM Subject: [LUTE] Two Related Questions > Dear Lutenet, > > I have been using Savarez KF strings on my 13-course > baroque lute, but I recently I have tried gut on the > first two courses. I have had no problems on the > second course, but three first course strings broke at > the nut after a very short period of time, (once after > a day, twice after a couple of minutes). My string > supplier recommended that I use a needle file to > smooth out the groove, and thus I did an Internet > search and ordered the file smallest file I could > find, but it turned to be way too big. The company > from which I purhased the file recommended a diamond > coated bead reamer, which you can preview here: > http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/CTGY/bead-reamer. > My first question is: Would this instrument do the > job? If not, can anyone tell me where to purchase the > appropriate file? > > Second, I have been wanting to try Nick Baldock's > strings, but have been unable to find a web site for > him. Some time ago I did find an e-mail address, > which, if I remember correctly had a ".de" suffix. I > wrote him a letter of inquiry in German, but never > received a response. Can anyone tell me how to order > strings from him? > > Thanks to anyone who can supply me with the > appropriate information! > > Stephen Arndt > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
