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A piece of gut cello string

Catgut is a type of cord[1] that is prepared from the natural fibre found in the walls of animal intestines.[2] Usually sheep or goat intestines are used, but it is occasionally made from the intestines of cattle,[3] hogs, horses, mules, or donkeys.[citation needed].

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Etymology [edit]

The word catgut may have been an abbreviation of the word "cattlegut". Alternatively, it may have derived by folk etymology from kitgut or kitstring — the word kit, meaning fiddle, having at some point been confused with the word kit for a young cat.[4]

Production [edit]

In order to prepare catgut, the intestines are cleaned, freed from fat, and steeped in water. After that, the external membrane is scraped off with a blunt knife. The intestines are then once again steeped for some time in lye (a caustic alkali, usually potassium hydroxide or sodium hydroxide), and then smoothed and equalized by drawing out. Next, they are subjected to the antiseptic action of the fumes of burning sulfur (i.e. sulfur dioxide), dyed if necessary, sorted into sizes, and twisted together into cords of various numbers of strands according to their uses. The best strings for musical instruments are reputedly from Italy, and are called “Roman strings”. It is found that lean animals yield the toughest gut.[5]

Common uses [edit]

For a long period, catgut was the most common material for the strings of harps, lutes, violins, and violas, as well as other stringed musical instruments, as well as older marching snare drums. Most musical instruments produced today use strings with cores made of other materials, generally steel or synthetic polymer. Gut strings are the natural choice for many classical and baroque string players,[citation needed] and catgut strings are still most commonly preferred in concert-tension pedal/grand and some lever harps because they give a richer, darker sound as well as withstanding high tension within low alto, tenor, and high-bass ranges.[citation needed]

Catgut suture was once a widely used material in surgical settings. There is debate about whether to continue using catgut in a medical setting, since cotton is usually cheaper and wounds closed with either cotton or synthetic threads are less prone to infection.[6] Catgut sutures continue to be used in developing countries where they are locally less expensive and easier to obtain.[citation needed] In addition, catgut is still used as a high-performance string in tennis racquets, although it had more popularity in the past and is being displaced by synthetic strings.

References [edit]

Notes
  1. ^ Underwood, Oscar Wilder (1913). "Tariff schedules: Hearings before the Committee on ways and means". Strings for Musical Instruments. p. 5691. Retrieved February 27, 2010. "[T]here is no such thing as crude catgut or catgut unmanufactured. Catgut is a manufactured article and a finished product; the crude form are the intestines or guts of sheep or other animals."  More than one of |author= and |last= specified (help)
  2. ^ Roenigk, Randall K.; Henry H. Roenigk. Roenigk & Roenigk's dermatologic surgery: principles and practice. p. 93. Retrieved February 2010. "Catgut sutures are derived from the submucosal layer of the small intestine of sheep and the serosal layer of the small intestine of cattle." 
  3. ^ BBC: The unusual uses for animal body parts
  4. ^ Therapeutic Gazette
  5. ^ Workshop Companion
  6. ^ Cotton vs Catgut
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The Guardian

The Guardian
Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:27 -0700

Throughout, the strings on RAM are made of catgut, not 1s and 0s; human orchestras swell. On Fragments of Time there may even be a lap steel guitar sighing. RAM's sound design is less indebted to techno and house than to funk and soft rock, for both ...
 
Twitch
Thu, 16 May 2013 23:02:15 -0700

His throat and neck have been cut open, the neck of a cello has been stuffed into his mouth, and his vocal chords have been treated in a specific traditional way that catgut strings were treated for musical instruments. Treated in such a way that they ...
 
MyNorth.com
Mon, 13 May 2013 09:38:41 -0700

A hunting license from 1916, a catgut leader, a spool of silk fly line, old newspapers. One special treasure now sits in a glass case outside the general store turned fly shop: a guest registry that shows the names of frequent visitors Henry and Edsel ...

Nashville Ledger newspaper

Nashville Ledger newspaper
Thu, 02 May 2013 12:23:18 -0700

For his part, Loudermilk fiddles with catgut and nods not really sheepishly while Hamilton heaps on the praise. George Hamilton V. -- Charlie Kaser. As the singer's endorsement begins to fade to black, Loudermilk tosses out an anecdote about his song ...

Shetland Times Online

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Sat, 04 May 2013 05:00:22 -0700

So it was heartening to see that the next group, Rob Heron and the Teapad Orchestra, had a multitude of instruments but no catgut in sight. Rob Heron on stage at Hillswick. Photo: Dave Donaldson. Heron is a fine singer and he was ably backed by a bunch ...
 
The Mercury
Sat, 20 Apr 2013 17:57:17 -0700

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Sun, 12 May 2013 05:28:20 -0700

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