Köpp, Kai (2021). Song of the Gut String Makers – In 1877, Markneukirchen in Germany was at the heart of the world’s string making industry. The STRAD, pp. 40-46.
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In 1877, to mark the hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Markneukirchen string maker’s guild, the guild masters and their families organised a huge festival to celebrate their craft. Over the past century, the German string making industry had grown to dominate the world – and since the Vogtland region of eastern Germany was the undisputed heartland of the trade, they had every reason to celebrate. As part of the festivities, the town’s postal clerk August Wilhelm Jäger was commissioned to write a song in praise of the town’s gut string makers. Not only do the lyrics give a fine example of a 19th-century German Tafellied (drinking song), but they also provide an insight into the long, tortuous procedure of turning raw animal intestines into high-quality instrument strings.
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