On Jan 10, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Christopher Wilke wrote: > I thought it seemed a bit early for Rimsky-Korsakov to be discussing steel > strings in much depth. Does he discuss the tone of metal strings anywhere, > perhaps even a remark noting them as a new novelty?
"Metal" and "steel" are mentioned only regarding percussion instruments or the celeste. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
