PHYSICS, SPYDER SILK AND VIOLIN STRINGS.

LISTEN UP, ALL FIDDLERS AND MUSIC LOVERS!!
Strands of Spider Silk have been used to make violin strings that have a unique
 and thrilling sound.

Shigeyoshi Osaki at Nara Medical University in Japan, studied properties of Spider
 Silk for 35 years. In the time past, he focused  on practical ways to turn Spider
 Silk into violin strings, taking lessons on requirements for Spider Silk strings in
 terms of strength and elasticity.

Shigeyoshi also learned how to "COAX" the Nephila Maculata spiders to spin out
 long strands of dragline, the strongest form of silk you get. First, he put filaments
 in bundels together, then twist them and then twist 3 of the bundles together to make
 a string. the thickest string is the G string, which holds 15,000filaments together.
 these strings are tightly packed and very strong!! An interesting secret of these
 strings are, when the individual filaments get twisted, an Electron Microscope
 revealed that their circular cross sectionsturned into polygons which "cluster "
 together even more tightly than Cylindrical strings.

Shigeyoshi said he was SO SURPRISED by the observation of change of cross
 sections, that hedoubted his experimental results!!! He said that the Spider
 Silk must be deformed when twisted.

KatherineSelby, a physicist and violinist at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York,
 is very impressed with the brilliant sound of Spider Strings. She says that the
 high strength of SpiderSilk may give it another advantage, which is, that you
 can use a thinner string to play the same pitch which is a bit more bendable and
 responsive in hitting the note quickly. she said that Spider Strings could be fully
 trust for thin E strings, which are extremely fragile when made from gut.

On the other hand, when you listen to the unique tone and the brilliant sound, flowing
 from the Spider Strings, comparing it with other violins with Steel, Nylon and gut
 Strings, you will be caught in the Spider's Web, all hypnotized by the Spider's
 Strings and the...~~~ floating~~~... sounds.

Nevertheless, the PRICE of these strings will be too much for most fiddlers, but if
 you are eager enough, brilliant quality  of tone can be yours, because Shigeyoshi
 Osaki is now trying to find a way to produce his Spider Strings in even larger
 numbers. Let's  hope that we will be lucky enough to get our hands on THAT
 products!!!!