On Saturday 19 January 2008 11:19, Anthony Hind rattled on the keyboard: > Dear Lutists > The new-old loaded strings are finally here ! > http://www.aquilacorde.com/catalogo8.htm > > Through new technology, Skype, mail, and the Web, these last months I > have been following the exciting final stages of the rebirth of this > ancient technology. > Mimmo Peruffo’s persistent and painstaking research, worthy of a > whole team of archeologists, seems to have finally pierced its > mysteries. > > Here is Jakob Lindberg’s lute, just next to that of Sieur Charles Mouton > http://www.aquilacorde.com/Mouton.jpg > http://www.aquilacorde.com/Lindberg.jpg > > and here is one single string, folded as in some ancient images > http://www.aquilacorde.com/loaded%20gut.JPG > > Regards > Anthony Thanks. Interesting. Finally the solution to get rid of my last gimped string on my 10 course lute. 2 experimental loaded gut strings my dan larson are still working fine after at least 2 years. Taco
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