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Issykitty says...

Real gut strings look a lot like steel strings. You wind them onto string instruments the same either way. You would notice a big difference in the sound/feel if you played a steel-stringed violin and gut-stringed violin comparatively. I own two violins... my nicer one has gut strings and has a softer feel on the fingers, as well as a different acoustic sound quality... less tinny, I guess you could say. Oh, also the e string on the violin is always a steel string. I don't really know why though. Maybe it's not possible to create a gut string in that high pitch range... I dunno!

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Issy, do real gut strings not have the little balls at the end and the wrapped part on the other? Do real gut string users have to tie them onto the tailpiece?

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This explains why gut-strings are so expensive. I had no idea the intensive labor and skill involved in creating these.

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Issykitty says...

LOL, Deano! I believe they would wear down normally from trotting around outside. I know I've found their nails to kind of shed when I find the outer layers of them all around on the floors when I clean around the house. Lately, I've been falling behind on keeping their claws trimmed. It's one of those things I don't think about until Issy is kneading away on my lap, stabbing me with sharp razor claw-prints!

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This does beg the question of how they cope without us. If they weren't domesticated what would happen to their nails?

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