Fri 31 Aug 2007
We’ve had another email from Am (aka Delusion):
Ahh yes I’m back with yet another suggestion!
My partner is an avid musician and with three guitars, 2 x acoustic and 1 x electric, he often needs to restring them.
Does any one have any idea how to recycle or reuse them? We have both the nylon and the metal kind of string!
John plays guitar too and I’ve got an old set of metal strings in my “things to do stuff with” box. The thicker strings - which look to be tight coils rather than a single straight ’string’ - might work for jewellery but I’ve not tried it yet. Anyone else used them to make anything? Or got any other suggestions?
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Steve
August 31st, 2007 at 11:42 am
You could make flowers:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=361039
I guess they could be used for anything where you might use a bit of bare wire, e.g. as ties, but the ends tend to be sharp.
I have a couple of guitars, but I don’t play very much and so don’t change strings that often.
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Mary
August 31st, 2007 at 7:15 pm
I wonder if you could twist several together to make the wire to hang pictures? I do know you should be careful to store them neatly and not leave them laying around. I vacuumed one up once and had to take the vacuum in to be repaired–the strings are sharp and it cut the belt.
Mary
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mercutiom
August 31st, 2007 at 11:47 pm
I’ve used them to hang plants, picture frames, lights, etc. The thin strings are great because they’re hard to see and give hanging items a look of floating. The thicker, coiled strings are good for heavier things, but they work best if they’re straightened out.
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Kiira
September 10th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
I use my snapped guitar strings to make bangle-type bracelets.
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/guitar_string_bangles
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wayne
September 11th, 2007 at 8:51 am
there is a group that sends strings to south america to struggeling musicians to re use…. strings 4 ???? something like that but they are out there.
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Anonymous
January 30th, 2008 at 11:51 pm
the website is: www.secondstringsproject.org
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Franco
November 19th, 2007 at 8:00 am
You can make simple sculptures out of them, add clay, and start your fruitful career in animatronics.
Worked for me.
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molliewobbles
December 17th, 2007 at 1:49 am
The bracelet idea is great!!!
Also, the wire bends in such a way that with a pompom or something covering the end, my cats go wild with it!
Even if you don’t have cats, if you know a freind with ‘em, I’m sure they’d be greatful for such a cheap, easy toy!
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mark
January 8th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Cut cheese?
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Liltreetop
January 9th, 2008 at 12:30 am
I think you could use them to make mobile hangings like mobile art. they also could be covered with material fuzzy, cloth, etc to add to the look. ART.
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