Catgut Catgut Catgut is a type of cord that is prepared from the natural fibre found in the walls of animal intestines. Catgut makers usually use sheep or goat intestines, but occasionally use the intestines of cattle, hogs, horses, mules, or donkeys. Despite the name, catgut manufacturers do not use cat intestines. The word "catgut" may have been an abbreviation of the word "cattlegut". Alternatively, it may derive 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; The word kit, being derived from fiddle in
Musical Instrument Museum (Volgograd) more. During his lifetime, Evgeny Nikolayevich was often called "doctor of music". Once he gave a rare instrument "Gavioli" — a mixture of harmonium and Ariston, and the harmony, the flute master could have restored himself, while having no prior instruction or experience of playing the instrument. It was also said that Pushkin could restore a unique instrument from the chips. He both repaired and modified instruments. His excellence and expertise with musical instruments is such that he in order not to wake his home, made a device that helped gently cover the strings to mute the sounds. In 1986,