Re: OT: Chinese zither

Staving Isidora Zamora:
>>If you've using bamboo strips for strings, you'll need some sort of
>>plectrum, hammer or gloves to play it with. Bamboo strips can give you a
>>very nasty cut.
>>I speak from painful experience.
>
>I'll keep that in mind.  Fortunately, the people I have in mind have good
>enough leather-working skills to make gloves, and almost any culture has
>good enough woodworking skills to make a plectrum or string-hammer.
>
>Sorry to hear about your painful experience.
>
>So how are bamboo strip strings made and what do they look like?  What sort
>of timbre do they have compared with strings made from other materials?
I'm sorry, I can't help you on that one- I was cutting garden canes when i
discovered how sharp bamboo can be.

Pete