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From: Nards Nuggles <nards_nuggles@yahoo.com.au>
To: steampunk <steampunk@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thu, Apr 5, 2012 4:40 am
Subject: [steampunk] Spider silk spun into violin strings

Spider silk spun into violin strings

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17232058

A Japanese researcher has used thousands of strands of spider silk to spin a set of violin strings.

The strings are said to have a "soft and profound timbre" relative to traditional gut or steel strings.

That may arise from the way the strings are twisted, resulting in a "packing structure" that leaves practically no space between any of the strands.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17232058

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