ROGER MILLS wrote:
> Mark J. Reed wrote:
>
>> On 9/8/07, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
>> > I think the dictionaries will need to modify their definitions. I
>> > wonder how long picks (plectrums) have been in use.
>>
>> At least as long as there have been harpsichords, since that is how
>> the strings in that instrument are sounded.
>>
> And the first harpsichord builder must have got the idea from
> somewhere...? Lute/guitar techniques?
They were used among the ancient Greeks for striking the strings on a lyre.
> Their plectra were originally
> goose quills as I recall (plastic now, harrumph)
I believe this was so, but I'm not sure what the ancient plectrums were
made from (but not from plastic :)
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