Edward Martin
Wed, 16 Jan 2008 04:51:50 -0800
> > >Satoh appears to have found quite a good compromise. Unless I am >mistaken, he appears to have adopted the Dutch/English/French? 12c >Lute, to partly get round this problem. On this, the 12c and 11c, on >the second neck, are quite long, while the other strings are somewhat >shorter, thus allowing the player more agility; and at the same time, >the bass is reinforced by the large bowl size of the Burkholtzer lute. >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/old/Cleveland2006/TSatohConcert/ >PlayingRT.jpg Anthony, That lute is actually a copy of the Greiff, not a Burkholtzer. >Although, the Burkholtzer, recorded on the Larson site is a 13 c >lute, strung in Gamut gut perhaps with gimped, we can hear that it >has a rounder more bass orientated sound the 11c Hans Frei, now in >the Wein Kunsthistorisches Museum, no. C34 : > Listen first the 13 c Burkholtzer: >http://www.daniellarson.com/lutes/berkholtzer/ >berkholtzer_baroque_lute_sarabande.wma > Second the on the Frei C34 : >http://www.daniellarson.com/lutes/frei/frei%20baroque%20lute.wma > >Yes, That is Paul Berget on the Burkholtzer 13 course lute, and me on the 11 course lute. Paul is strung entirely in nylon. It is his choice. I used all gut. >Ed Martin owns an 11c Frei C34 with a similar string length to that >of the Mouton lute, and he uses a form of loaded string, since >gimping does load the gut. This might not be historically "correct", >but it is a compromise with which Ed is clearly happy (perhaps, it is >Ed on the C34 recording above, certainly it is very probably the type >of stringing he is using). Correct. ed Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html