What type of cats were originally used to make catgut suture material (stitches), and violin strings? originally appeared on Quora: the place to gain and share knowledge, empowering people to learn ...

The world’s best violins come with strings made from catgut—which isn’t typically from cats, but does definitely come from the inside of an animal. If you want a more vegetarian alternative, though, ...

(yuck) ....sorry I just can't stand them! So you would rather prefer sheep gut? I find that a bit more disturbing image. Also, from resource availability point of ...

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 ...