Re: OT: Chinese zither

>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?

Isidora

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