at a stRing.
RT
I'd rather be playing, not to mention composing, rather than staring at a
sting through the microscope.............
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "alexander" <voka...@verizon.net>
To: "Anthony Hind" <agno3ph...@yahoo.com>
Cc: "Ed Durbrow" <edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 6:40 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: String hairs
Yes, yes, Ed! How do you apply it?! The super glue?
A possible solution, yes. THE ONE could master a reliable skill to fix
gut strings this way, so that they still tune, do not buzz and produce
funny harmonics, and last a "couple of weeks" more then they do already,
after just a trim. A really high quality cyanoacrylate glue of well
chosen thickness applied BEFORE trimming, then a surgical trimming and
sanding of the remaining hard bump can save the string. Unless, to begin
with, the string was ran through the rectifier mercilessly and will most
likely begin to unravel in a new spot. ONE can examine the string of
course with a strong lens (better yet, a microscope) and judicially
repair all the suspicious spots. ONE can get so fed up with the whole
charade, as to buy some raw gut and twist own top string, out of a couple
of guts, without sanding, and go through the whole renaissance experience
of hoping for a true string and such. Then, one, nervously looking around
and seeing all the people trouble-free using their time away!
to polish their lute musicianship on the nasty synthetics, and getting
some very decent results, while THE ONE is polishing a totally foreign
and unrelated skills, THE ONE goes into the closet and tries one of those
nasty synthetics himself, may be shacking and crying...
The life is a continuous rerun... Yasha Heifez, Andrès Segovia, Paul
ODette, David Smith...
alexander r.
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:49:57 +0000 (GMT)
Anthony Hind <agno3ph...@yahoo.com> wrote:
How do you apply it Ed? Do you take it completely off the lute, or
apply with extreme care and a match stick, or similar?
Regards
Anthony
PS I suppose it should be really minimal, application to the whole
string might give an interestingly stiff string?
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De : Ed Durbrow <edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp>
A : David Smith <d...@dolcesfogato.com>; LuteNet list
<lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Envoye le : Vendredi 20 janvier 2012 13h20
Objet : [LUTE] Re: String hairs
You can try a bit of superglue.
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