Garry, Do as you please and mind your bizz. Everybody does, me included. I have gut strings for basses because I like their short impulse and their quick fading. I don't like overwound nylon strings, ringing on and on, forcing players to stop them. Full stop.
What I was reacting to, was the word nonsense. Your would-be hilarious-lute string police comes in the same vein. Casual remarks, probably, and not meant to be disparaging. Sorry for overreacting. Mathias > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Im > Auftrag von Garry Warber > Gesendet: Montag, 29. August 2011 06:16 > An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: long strings? > > Correct to you... :-) What I play in the privacy of my own home is my business. > Now I have to deal with lute-string police too? Grammar police I'm used to... :-) > Garry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mathias Rösel > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 5:47 PM > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings? > > > I'm thinking theorbo purchase... Where does one get a nylon theorbo > > 14-course string set? I measured my 8-course lute strings, which went > > from 100cm to 110cm; obliviously too short... Please, no "you must use > > gut(!)" nonsense. > > That's correct, it isn't nonsense. > > Mathias > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
