When I met Toyohiko in 1982, he was using nylon trebles that he twisted (with a small manual drill) to increase their density and make them more like gut. I tried it for a while; more trouble than it was worth.
On Dec 9, 2007, at 7:06 AM, LGS-Europe wrote: > I once asked Toyohiko Satoh about that. He started on gut as a > student, quickly changed to nylon for economical reasons, > 'discovered' carbon and when he acquired his 1610 Greiff lute > changed back to gut. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
