Violins strings have been made from a myriad of materials from gut to steel, however a Japanese researcher has created violin strings made out of thousands of strands of spider silk.
According to the BBC article on the subject, the strands pack more densely than other types of twisted strings resulting in a sound that has a "soft and profound timbre."
In the article is a audio clip of the spider strings being played. Tell us whether you think they sound different, better, or worse than other types of strings in common use.
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