The fact that Kuerschner uses the term plain gut/polyester in the string lists (not the catalogue) is because polyester has the same density as plain gut. Which means the diameter of the string is the same. I have until now had no problem whatsoever obtaining gut strings from him.
Lex Op 17 nov 2011, om 19:56 heeft Craig Robert Pierpont het volgende geschreven: > Light the end of one with a match. It will be obvious pretty quickly > if they are gut or synthetic. > Craig > Craig R. Pierpont > Another Era Lutherie > www.anotherera.com > --- On Thu, 11/17/11, Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> wrote: > > From: Monica Hall <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings > To: "Francesco Tribioli" <tribi...@arcetri.astro.it> > Cc: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 9:39 AM > >> Kuerschner - from the catalog they say: "plain gut (polyester)" so I > wonder >> if those strings are gut or polyester. > I was wondering about that too! I last bought a set of Kuerchner > strings > for my baroque guitar from a dealer in the UK in May and they are gut > as far > as I can tell but perhaps I have been mislead. > Their list of alternative methods of stringing the baroque guitar > include > two > which are entirely their own invention - 2 bourdons on the 5th course > but > octave stringing on the 4th... and two treble strings on the 5th course > and > two bourdons on the 4th course..... > Perhaps they are not as reliable as they seem... > Monica >> >> Pyramid made gut strings in the past but I don't see gut mentioned >> anywhere >> in their site now. >> >> Stoppani - I heard that he makes only bass and midrange strings, not >> chantarelles, but I cannot say because there isn't a string catalog > on his >> site. >> Kathedrale - I don't know: there isn't a string catalog either >> >> Both Stoppani and Kathedrale seems to me like small companies, > probably >> not >> able to fill the string shortage. >> >> The situation doesn't look bright... >> >> Francesco >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [1]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > [mailto:[2]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On >>> Behalf Of Bruno Fournier >>> Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2011 3:39 PM >>> To: [3]b...@symbol4.de >>> Cc: [4]simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk; [5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >>> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings >>> >>> Hi All,A >>> >>> One thing for sure, when I spoke to the Sofracob owner last year >>> before >>> he closed, he mentioned that one of the main reasons and > problems, was >>> the mad cow disease issues in France over the last few years, and > that >>> it was becoming more and more difficult to obtain gut. A So who > knows >>> what the real story is. A Did anyone ask Mimmo directly? >>> >>> regards >>> >>> BrunoA >>> >>> Montreal, Canada >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 9:00 AM, <[1][6]b...@symbol4.de> wrote: >>> >>> A >Does anyone know if Kuerchner in Germany is still making gut >>> strings? >>> A Or Kathedrale (?). >>> >>> A It is quite funny - and also a little bit alarming- to see, > how >>> the EU >>> A bureaucracy becames the projection area for the strangest > ideas >>> and >>> A fears. A reputation well earned, some may say, but a little > bit >>> more of >>> A horse sense is recommended when one reads announcements like > the >>> one >>> A about gut strings - (or, before, the one about the alleged >>> prohibition >>> A of natural medicine). >>> A In fact many people here in Brussels are quite normal. I as > a >>> German >>> A was at once sure that it must be a hoax, because we eat > every day >>> A 12.689.344 sausages, many of them with a delicious skin of > sheep >>> gut. I >>> A called a big producer of those so called "saitling" sausage >>> skins: they >>> A are producing happily and will go on forever. The same with >>> Kuerschner >>> A strings. >>> A I asked people form the health department of the EU > commission: >>> guts no >>> A topic at all. >>> A If you want to read really strange laws, read your national >>> legislation >>> A :)) >>> A So: No idea, where the gut story comes from. >>> A Perhaps we should still start in the good tradition one of > those >>> A internet petitions ;) >>> A best wishes (while wishing is still allowed) >>> A Bernd >>> A -- >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> [2][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> -- >>> >>> A >>> >>> Bruno Cognyl-Fournier >>> >>> A >>> >>> [3]www.estavel.org >>> >>> A >>> >>> -- >>> >>> References >>> >>> 1. mailto:[8]b...@symbol4.de >>> 2. [9]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> 3. [10]http://www.estavel.org/ >> >> >> > > -- > > References > > 1. file://localhost/mc/compose?to=lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > 2. file://localhost/mc/compose?to=lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > 3. file://localhost/mc/compose?to=b...@symbol4.de > 4. file://localhost/mc/compose?to=simon.lamb...@stfc.ac.uk > 5. file://localhost/mc/compose?to=lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > 6. file://localhost/mc/compose?to=b...@symbol4.de > 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html > 8. file://localhost/mc/compose?to=b...@symbol4.de > 9. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html > 10. http://www.estavel.org/ >
