I recently saw a hurdy gurdy (19th century?) in an antique shop with some drone gut strings that looked (to my eye) about 1.5 - 1.75 mm in diameter. They were pretty old. I’ll bet it’s still there with that $3k price tag if anyone wants it. A nice old theorbo’d Vandervogl, too, that they had labeled as 18th century (early 20th cent. wound strings).
Sean On Aug 31, 2017, at 9:41 AM, fournierbru <fournier...@gmail.com> wrote: > I still, to this day, dont understand why we have no surviving examples > of lute bass strings on all those lutes in museums..surely not every > lute was transformed or adapted for post renaissance and baroque > playing.. > > Envoyé de mon appareil Samsung de Bell via le réseau le plus vaste au > pays. > > -------- Message d'origine -------- > De : Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> > Date : 17-08-31 12:18 PM (GMT-05:00) > À : Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Objet : [LUTE] Re: KF vs. new Aquila bass strings > > And not to be forgotten, the great work of Dan Larson of "Gamut" > Strings- using real gut subjected to great research & creativity to > bring us lute strings- esp. those troublesome basses- that come closer > to a "real" thing! > Dan > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
