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===Vegetarian and vegan substitutions=== | ===Vegetarian and vegan substitutions=== | ||
Since vegetarians and vegans were and are important constituents of Talman societies, many composers allowed vegetarian and vegan substitutions for nonvegan instruments. Often, non-veg(etari)an instruments were considered interchangeable with their veg(etari)an counterparts, and veg(etari)an composers refused to use nonveg(etari)an instruments at all. This shifted the balance against larger wooden fixed-pitch instruments such as the viola organista, which required animal glue to manufacture and repair. | Since vegetarians, and more recently vegans, were and are important constituents of Talman societies, many composers allowed vegetarian and vegan substitutions for nonvegan instruments. Often, non-veg(etari)an instruments were considered interchangeable with their veg(etari)an counterparts, and veg(etari)an composers refused to use nonveg(etari)an instruments at all. This shifted the balance against larger wooden fixed-pitch instruments such as the viola organista, which required animal glue to manufacture and repair. | ||
Preferred vegetarian materials for strings were steel, copper, or cellulose from plant fibers, instead of animal gut, before the invention of modern synthetic materials. | Preferred vegetarian materials for strings were steel, copper, or cellulose from plant fibers, instead of animal gut, before the invention of modern synthetic materials. | ||
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(V is shown next to vegetarian instruments; Ⓥ is shown next to vegan ones.) | (V is shown next to vegetarian instruments; Ⓥ is shown next to vegan ones.) | ||
Since the invention of cell-cultured gelatin in Fyxoom, such substitutions were no longer required for instruments that required gluing. | Since the invention of cell-cultured gelatin in Fyxoom, such substitutions were no longer required for instruments that required gluing. | ||