I wanted to explain to lutenists why they should use gut strings instead of plastic ones, but Maestro Gabriel Rignon was better than me:
"I’ve used your strings for my last two solo recordings. I left it too late to order directly from you, so I ordered from Olivier Holzenburg (https://holzenburg-verlag.com/strings/) – it’s brilliant that he has them in stock.
And I wanted to tell you how lovely it was – and how much it changed the sound and the digital feel of the instrument – to have the chance to play on your strings."
The selection starts using a dynamometer to check the tensile strength of single guts.
In fact it is essential to divide the guts according to strength and size: only in this way can the most fine and resistant to the first strings or cantini be assigned, the less subtle and weaker ones with larger strings that are less stressed and can distribute the traction on a larger number of guts.
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