The caterpillars are the silkworms producing the silk Nick
On 17/6/08 17:52, "David Tayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the info. > Dunno about the caterpillars; I've always liked, rightly or wrongly, > the kitgut etymology-- > or should it entomology for caterpillars? > kit=violin, earlier, rebec > Humanity says: > 'This dance would do mich better yet > If we had a kit or taberet'. Interlude of the Four Elements, 1517 > > dt > > At 06:50 AM 6/17/2008, you wrote: >> Hi, all, >> I don't have info for the makers mentioned, but there's a man near >> me in Connecticut USA who makes silk strings: Alexander Rakov, >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've been very happy with them on my Asian >> instruments (san xian, dan nguyet), but haven't yet tried them on >> early European instruments. BTW, he feels the original "cats" of >> "catgut" strings were caterpillars. >> Best, >> Chris. >> >>>>> David Tayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 6/17/2008 3:16 AM >>> >> Very interested in trying them, >> has some years ago and they were great >> dt >> >> >> At 11:37 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote: >>> Dear collected wisdom >>> >>> I'm looking for the address (mail or electronic) of Peter Rea and >>> Margret Caley. They live somewhere in Australia and made experiments >>> with silk strings "with great success" (citation from a mail of Ian >>> Watchorn). I can't find more informations on an actual address and >>> hope on the help of our discussion group. Thanks a lot! >>> >>> Andreas Schlegel >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
