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From: "Daniel Winheld" <dwinh...@comcast.net>
To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 8:03 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Silk String Sources
This place might be worth checking out. Next time I'm in Chinatown
for dim sum I will. Some years ago I went there and discovered that
Erhu bows don't work for bass viols; I had forgotten about that place
since then.
http://www.clarionmusic.com/
Ron- That is Rakov, not Batov? I would be very interested in his
strings also. (treble trouble, as usual)
David:
You would do well to contact Alexander Rakov, the silk string
specialist who contributes regularly to this list. I've tried his
silk
strings on my six-course lute and found the trebles to be, well, silky
and also clear and strong. They are remarkably consistent and the
basses far more responsive than gut basses I have used.
Best wishes,
Ron Andrico
www.mignarda.com
> Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 09:49:26 +0100
> To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
> From: davidvanooi...@gmail.com
> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Q on odd tunings for plucked instruments
> California has a lively community of koto and shamisen players, it
> shouldn't be too difficult to find some thinner gauges, silk strings
> for shamisen to try out on your mandolin or lute.
>
> David
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