Hear, hear! The loaded string is still a hypothesis, a working one, but hypothesis. Sometimes in detriment of the others, forgotten or neglected. alexander
On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:08:43 -0800 "damian dlugolecki" <dam...@teleport.com> wrote: > Dear Anthony, You seem to be intent on finding evidence to > support a historical > premise for 'loaded' strings. You rely heavily on a color > theory that supposes that > reddish strings indicate loaded strings. Since you are not > privy to the stringmakers > craft other than what you have gathered from Mimmo, you can't > be blamed for > being ignorant of the fact that this reddish brown color is > the natural color for > strings that have been made with minimal chemical exposure, > that is to say, only > mild soaps and of course soda ash. > > I would venture to add that, notwithstanding all the > commentary about color, the > majority of the historical strings were a reddish brown color. > In a fourchette or > production run you might have a variance in color from pale > ochre to burnt umbre. > > I hope this information helps you in your research. > > Cordially, > > Damian > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
