In the sense that you might chemically alter gut to become
heavier, yes.
If I am not mistaken the 'loaded' strings are made by adding
metal filings
to the gut prior to the initial twisting of the gut ribbons.
DD
Howard Posner wrote:
You mean loaded gut is impossible?
On Jun 5, 2008, at 12:00 PM, damian dlugolecki wrote:
There is no way to change the specific weight or mass of a
gut
string by chemical means. If someone
were to claim that there are ways to chemically change the
gut to
make it heavier, that would be classed
as some kind of alchemy.
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