They are similar, but have slightly heavier wire, and there are no exposed metal bands. dt
At 04:58 PM 12/5/2010, you wrote: >How different is that from Larson's "Gimp" strings- a wire embedded & >twisted into his Pistoy high twist bass gut strings? He offers copper >and silver, among others. For a while he used gold wire. Out of sight >now, of course. They were fabulous; I had two at one time- they did >service as 5 & 6 on my bass viol and then worked out even better as >7th & 8th courses on a 72 cm. bass lute I once had. > >A report on the Asian strings would be interesting. > >Dan > > >The perfect solution for gut bass strings is the one seen in for > >example in some Asian instruments, where a wire core is wrapped with > >gut, silk or some other material. > >I have tried some Pipa strings made like this that were very nice, > >but not available in all sizes. > >You get the greater strength and weight of the string without the > >metallic surface. > >Since there is a huge boom in baroque and renaissance instrument > >making in China right now, I'm sure different types of strings could > >be commissioned. > > > >dt > >-- >Rachel Winheld >820 Colusa Avenue >Berkeley, CA 94707 > >rwinh...@comcast.net >Tel 510.526.0242 >Cell 510.915.4276 > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
