[LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.

2011-11-20 Thread Bruno Fournier
   Just as side note to this,A  the ban appears to be European and not
   just Italian.A Mad cow disease in europe led to this ban, which
   ultimately led to the closing of SOFRACOB.A  The ban appears to have
   been lifted in certain instances, such as for sausage casing in France.
   Obviously the lobbying of sausage makers is more important than that of
   gut string makers...

   A

   Bruno

   A

   A

   On Sun, Nov 20, 2011 at 5:17 PM, Orphenica <[1]wer...@orphenica.de>
   wrote:

 Hi collective lute wisdom,
 can somebody sum up the situation on gut strings for me. As I am a
 heavy gut player, I'd like to
 understand what is going on in this field.
 As far as I understood it, the production and import of gut strings
 (esp. beef gut) used to be forbidden in the EU,
 due to cases of BSE some years ago. This jurisdiction has been
 withdrawn and production is allowed again, with the exception of
 Italy which missed to cancel the abolition from the national Italian
 body of law.
 Aquila stopped the production of gut strings due to this national
 Italian jurisdiction AND/OR because it could not get raw material of
 sufficient quality, because of import restrictions.
 As I read from the post here on the lists, production in other
 countries do not seem to be problematic
 If this is the case, petitions addressed to the EU are quite
 useless, petitions should be adressed to the Italian government. I
 am inclined to sign any petition that keeps the production of gut
 strings going, but I am not
 quite sure, WHAT is the real nature of the problem.
 It would be nice if somebody kindly could sum up the situation for
 me.
 Thanks
 A we
 Am 19.11.11 16:53, schrieb William Samson:

 A  A Hi Garry,
 A  A Talking of "lip smacking good", there was stuff in Nelson's
 navy called
 A  A 'portable soup' that was made by boiling a vat of soup until it
 A  A attained the consistency of thick hide glue, then letting it
 cool. A It
 A  A was broken into slabs that could be re-constituted by the
 addition of
 A  A hot water. A I wouldn't be surprised if it was
 indistinguishable from
 A  A hide glue. A On the other hand, the sailors enjoyed it - but
 then I
 A  A suppose it was nice compared to weevilly biscuits and salt beef
 that
 A  A had circled the globe several times. A Also they wouldn't have
 lived
 A  A long enough for the prions to take effect.
 A  A Bill
 A  A From: Garry Warber<[2]garrywar...@hughes.net>
 A  A To: [3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 A  A Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 13:09
 A  A Subject: [LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.
 A  A William,
 A  A Hey, welcome to the mindset in the states... A We are not known
 as
 A  A "yanks" for nothing. :-) A You are right, "loose lips sink
 ships", more
 A  A or less. A Of course, there is that prions not being harmed by
 cooking
 A  A thing. A But as far as I know, only one guy here thinks hide
 glue is
 A  A "lip-smacking good!" :-)+LOL...
 A  A Garry
 A  A -Original Message- From: William Samson
 A  A Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:18 AM
     A  A To: [1][4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 A  A Subject: [LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.
 A  A  A - Forwarded Message -
 A  A  A From: William Samson<[2][5]willsam...@yahoo.co.uk>
 A  A  A To: Garry Warber<[3][6]garrywar...@hughes.net>
 A  A  A Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 8:12
 A  A  A Subject: Re: [LUTE] gut string, etc.
 A  A  A >>Is hide glue now also banned in the EU?
 A  A  A SHHH A I hope none of these Eurocrats is reading this
 list!!!
 A  A  A This'll give them the opportunity to appoint dozens more
 overpaid
 A  A  A officials who get bonuses for imposing bans and senseless
 rules and
 A  A  A regulations. A Remember the 'straight banana' fiasco? A Now
 they are
 A  A  A denying they ever tried to ban curved ones . . .
 A  A  A Still, the great thing about hide glue is that you can make
 your own
 A  A by
 A  A  A boiling up roadkill in a secret location where the thought
 police
 A  A can't
 A  A  A find you.
 A  A  A Bill
 A  A  A PS A Orwell's '1984' was a long time coming, but it's with
 us now -
 A  A  A metrication, never ending wars, three political blocs (take
 your
 A  A pick),
 A  A  A 'Newspeak', CCTV cameras everywhere, political correctness .
 . .
 A  A  A PPS A Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean . . .
 AARRRGGGHHH
 A  A  A --
 A  A To get on or off this list see list information at
 A  A [4][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/ind

[LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.

2011-11-20 Thread Orphenica

Hi collective lute wisdom,

can somebody sum up the situation on gut strings for me. As I am a heavy 
gut player, I'd like to

understand what is going on in this field.

As far as I understood it, the production and import of gut strings 
(esp. beef gut) used to be forbidden in the EU,
due to cases of BSE some years ago. This jurisdiction has been withdrawn 
and production is allowed again, with the exception of Italy which 
missed to cancel the abolition from the national Italian body of law.


Aquila stopped the production of gut strings due to this national 
Italian jurisdiction AND/OR because it could not get raw material of 
sufficient quality, because of import restrictions.
As I read from the post here on the lists, production in other countries 
do not seem to be problematic


If this is the case, petitions addressed to the EU are quite useless, 
petitions should be adressed to the Italian government. I am inclined to 
sign any petition that keeps the production of gut strings going, but I 
am not

quite sure, WHAT is the real nature of the problem.

It would be nice if somebody kindly could sum up the situation for me.

Thanks
 we





Am 19.11.11 16:53, schrieb William Samson:

Hi Garry,
Talking of "lip smacking good", there was stuff in Nelson's navy called
'portable soup' that was made by boiling a vat of soup until it
attained the consistency of thick hide glue, then letting it cool.  It
was broken into slabs that could be re-constituted by the addition of
hot water.  I wouldn't be surprised if it was indistinguishable from
hide glue.  On the other hand, the sailors enjoyed it - but then I
suppose it was nice compared to weevilly biscuits and salt beef that
had circled the globe several times.  Also they wouldn't have lived
long enough for the prions to take effect.
Bill
From: Garry Warber
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 13:09
Subject: [LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.
William,
Hey, welcome to the mindset in the states...  We are not known as
"yanks" for nothing. :-)  You are right, "loose lips sink ships", more
or less.  Of course, there is that prions not being harmed by cooking
thing.  But as far as I know, only one guy here thinks hide glue is
"lip-smacking good!" :-)+LOL...
Garry
-Original Message- From: William Samson
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:18 AM
    To: [1]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.
  - Forwarded Message -
  From: William Samson<[2]willsam...@yahoo.co.uk>
  To: Garry Warber<[3]garrywar...@hughes.net>
  Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 8:12
  Subject: Re: [LUTE] gut string, etc.
  >>Is hide glue now also banned in the EU?
  SHHH  I hope none of these Eurocrats is reading this list!!!
  This'll give them the opportunity to appoint dozens more overpaid
  officials who get bonuses for imposing bans and senseless rules and
  regulations.  Remember the 'straight banana' fiasco?  Now they are
  denying they ever tried to ban curved ones . . .
  Still, the great thing about hide glue is that you can make your own
by
  boiling up roadkill in a secret location where the thought police
can't
  find you.
  Bill
  PS  Orwell's '1984' was a long time coming, but it's with us now -
  metrication, never ending wars, three political blocs (take your
pick),
  'Newspeak', CCTV cameras everywhere, political correctness . . .
  PPS  Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean . . . AARRRGGGHHH
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[LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.

2011-11-19 Thread William Samson
   Hi Garry,
   Talking of "lip smacking good", there was stuff in Nelson's navy called
   'portable soup' that was made by boiling a vat of soup until it
   attained the consistency of thick hide glue, then letting it cool.  It
   was broken into slabs that could be re-constituted by the addition of
   hot water.  I wouldn't be surprised if it was indistinguishable from
   hide glue.  On the other hand, the sailors enjoyed it - but then I
   suppose it was nice compared to weevilly biscuits and salt beef that
   had circled the globe several times.  Also they wouldn't have lived
   long enough for the prions to take effect.
   Bill
   From: Garry Warber 
   To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 13:09
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.
   William,
   Hey, welcome to the mindset in the states...  We are not known as
   "yanks" for nothing. :-)  You are right, "loose lips sink ships", more
   or less.  Of course, there is that prions not being harmed by cooking
   thing.  But as far as I know, only one guy here thinks hide glue is
   "lip-smacking good!" :-)+LOL...
   Garry
   -Original Message- From: William Samson
   Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:18 AM
   To: [1]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.
 - Forwarded Message -
 From: William Samson <[2]willsam...@yahoo.co.uk>
 To: Garry Warber <[3]garrywar...@hughes.net>
 Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 8:12
 Subject: Re: [LUTE] gut string, etc.
 >>Is hide glue now also banned in the EU?
 SHHH  I hope none of these Eurocrats is reading this list!!!
 This'll give them the opportunity to appoint dozens more overpaid
 officials who get bonuses for imposing bans and senseless rules and
 regulations.  Remember the 'straight banana' fiasco?  Now they are
 denying they ever tried to ban curved ones . . .
 Still, the great thing about hide glue is that you can make your own
   by
 boiling up roadkill in a secret location where the thought police
   can't
 find you.
 Bill
 PS  Orwell's '1984' was a long time coming, but it's with us now -
 metrication, never ending wars, three political blocs (take your
   pick),
 'Newspeak', CCTV cameras everywhere, political correctness . . .
 PPS  Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean . . . AARRRGGGHHH
 --
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   [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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   2. mailto:willsam...@yahoo.co.uk
   3. mailto:garrywar...@hughes.net
   4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html



[LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.

2011-11-19 Thread A.J. Padilla MD
Next, they'll be banning leather shoes!
Probably not, since politicians wear leather shoes.
The thing to do is to train some politicians to play lutes.
AJP

-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of 
Garry Warber
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 12:04 AM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] gut string, etc.


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I’m finding the banned gut string thing odd...  Is hide glue now also banned 
in the EU?  There has to be more to this than spongiform/scabies...  All this 
just because mankind made carnivores out of herbivores, cannibals actually, in 
the name of cheap animal feed.  As a specie, we are insane, aren’t we...  But 
best not go there this late at night. 
Garry
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I’m finding the banned gut string thing odd...  Is hide glue now 
also banned in the EU?  There has to be more to this than 
spongiform/scabies...  All this just because mankind made carnivores out 
of herbivores, cannibals actually, in the name of cheap animal feed.  As a 
specie, we are insane, aren’t we...  But best not go there this late at 
night. 
Garry

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[LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.

2011-11-19 Thread Garry Warber

William,
Hey, welcome to the mindset in the states...  We are not known as "yanks" 
for nothing. :-)  You are right, "loose lips sink ships", more or less.  Of 
course, there is that prions not being harmed by cooking thing.  But as far 
as I know, only one guy here thinks hide glue is "lip-smacking good!" 
:-)+LOL...

Garry

-Original Message- 
From: William Samson

Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2011 3:18 AM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.

  - Forwarded Message -
  From: William Samson 
  To: Garry Warber 
  Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 8:12
  Subject: Re: [LUTE] gut string, etc.
  >>Is hide glue now also banned in the EU?

  SHHH  I hope none of these Eurocrats is reading this list!!!
  This'll give them the opportunity to appoint dozens more overpaid
  officials who get bonuses for imposing bans and senseless rules and
  regulations.  Remember the 'straight banana' fiasco?  Now they are
  denying they ever tried to ban curved ones . . .

  Still, the great thing about hide glue is that you can make your own by
  boiling up roadkill in a secret location where the thought police can't
  find you.

  Bill

  PS  Orwell's '1984' was a long time coming, but it's with us now -
  metrication, never ending wars, three political blocs (take your pick),
  'Newspeak', CCTV cameras everywhere, political correctness . . .
  PPS  Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean . . . AARRRGGGHHH

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[LUTE] Re: gut string, etc.

2011-11-19 Thread William Samson
   - Forwarded Message -
   From: William Samson 
   To: Garry Warber 
   Sent: Saturday, 19 November 2011, 8:12
   Subject: Re: [LUTE] gut string, etc.
   >>Is hide glue now also banned in the EU?

   SHHH  I hope none of these Eurocrats is reading this list!!!
   This'll give them the opportunity to appoint dozens more overpaid
   officials who get bonuses for imposing bans and senseless rules and
   regulations.  Remember the 'straight banana' fiasco?  Now they are
   denying they ever tried to ban curved ones . . .

   Still, the great thing about hide glue is that you can make your own by
   boiling up roadkill in a secret location where the thought police can't
   find you.

   Bill

   PS  Orwell's '1984' was a long time coming, but it's with us now -
   metrication, never ending wars, three political blocs (take your pick),
   'Newspeak', CCTV cameras everywhere, political correctness . . .
   PPS  Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean . . . AARRRGGGHHH

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