Talking of tea chest basses, after seeing one at Saddleworth, I have just built one from a tea chest my dad had in his cellar. Well almost built one, and therein lies the question. I have the thing varnished, ferrule on the end of my broom handle to stop it slipping, the full monty. However when I put my string on it, the string reverberated for too long, not the sharp bum bum bum noise that I was after. I tried some two strand electrical wire and that was better but the stuffstretched literally every time it was plucked, until it broke in a very short space of time. Does anyone know the accepted type of cord, string used in these things? I'm really at a loss as to how to proceed from here.

Thanks in advance

Pilgrim