“Cats only ever deal with the here and now…”
Lloyd Alexander
A fellow tennis player recently turned up on court with a traditionally strung wooden racquet, a Ken Rosewall model to be precise. He was playing exceptionally well with it, and the comment was made that the old cat-gut was purring. Me being me, I pointed that the strings were not made from cats. Argument and controversy ensued. Cat intestines have never been big enough and strong enough to make commercially viable cord. Cat-gut, used in musical instruments, sporting racquets and surgical sutures are made from the serosal teniae coli from the large intestines of the cow, or very rarely sheep. In the Middle Ages Welsh troubadours carried a single string intrument, played with a bow. The sound produced was likened to a cat’s meow and the device was known as a Cat. Cords from animal intestines provided the string, and the name cat-gut came into common usage. High end musicians and tennis professionals still use natural gut, but it is no longer seen in operating theatres. #oldfavourites #letsmakelemonade
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