String

String (Fr.: corde; Ger.: Saite; It.: corda; Sp.: cuerda), strings have been made of a variety of materials: fiber, gut, horsehair, silk, metal, nylon. Those of fiber can be idiochord or heterochord. Idiochord strings are the older and are found today only in Further India, Indonesia, Malagasy Republic, and parts of Negro Africa: 2 longitudinal incisions are made in the outer surface of a piece of cane and are left attached at both ends; a tiny sliver of wood is pushed under the extremities to…