why go to strangers? ... everything you need to know is located here:
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/ oudists call the plectrum a "risha" - put that in the site's search engine. raptor feathers are preferred to the domestic variety (tougher) but the best, imho, comes from horn.-! you can find cow horn on ebay at wildly varying prices. the other ESSENTIAL ingredient is olive oil - a good soak in olive oil will keep anything cuticular in good condition. - bill http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=billkilpatrick --- On Sat, 28/6/08, Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make? To: "Stuart Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "LuteNet list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008, 8:59 AM On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote: > Ed Durbrow wrote: >> Crawford Young uses a guitar string as a plectrum. > Any more details on this? > Stuart Not too much to add. You just take the feathers off of the part on the end that hits the strings. He leaves a little bit of feather on the other end so that he can find it if it drops on the floor. The important point is that he uses the opposite end of the feather from what most folks do and he doesn't split it. I forget if he sands it or not to make it perfectly round. I tried gluing or taping a bit of guitar G string to the side of a guitar pick so it protudes past the tip. This works well. It gives you a round bit that sounds well from any angle and something to hold on to that is wider than a string. You can adjust the flexibility by how close to the end you hold it. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html __________________________________________________________ Not happy with your email address?. Get the one you really want - millions of new email addresses available now at Yahoo! http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/ymail/new.html --
