Loop Knot
Just found this on YouTube: maybe this way to make the loop knot of the string is easier than mine, though less elegant here, to the post on how do I make it: go to knot post
Read MoreA video from Superquark , ed. 2013. Superquark is a popular tv show in Italy, about science, art, history. It shows the manufacture of gut strings.
At 2.06 it’s me cleaning the guts with the copper thimble.
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baroque music, double-bass strings, early music, gut strings, gut strings history, gut strings maintenance, gut strings manufacture, viol strings, viola da gamba strings, viola strings, violin strings, violoncello strings
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