So, I guess you have more than 6 courses on the fingerboard? You had some "low tech" device for getting the g and g sharp (assuming a theorbo in a), and perhaps also f and f sharp (if you have even 8 strings on fingerboard?)? Or what? I suppose I did not get the idea at all!? Anyhow, neither do I "see anything wrong" in any way of stringing your lutes...
Arto On Fri, 8 Oct 2010 13:58:49 -0700 (PDT), Christopher Wilke <chriswi...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Sorry, no pictures, but I also made something for my theorbo last year. In > terms of practicality, I see nothing wrong with things like this. Not > possessing any woodworking skills at all, my solution was low-tech in the > extreme: I took half a wooden clothes pin and glued it to part of a paint > stirrer. I then glued some rubber shelf-liner (the stuff that many people > use on their laps to keep their instruments from slipping) to the bottom to > keep it in place. Then I marked the right spot on the neck extension with > a light pencil stroke and just stuck it under the strings. Then I colored > it with a black marker to make it look all fancy-schmancy. > > Necessity was the mother of invention: I came up with it because of a live > radio broadcast I was doing that involved and a change from an F to F# > bass. I figured that re-tuning would be rather tedious for the audience. > I've since used the device for performances, too. It worked really well > for a set that I did with a singer in which dramatic continuity was > important. > > Chris > > > > Christopher Wilke > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > www.christopherwilke.com > > > --- On Fri, 10/8/10, wikla <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi> wrote: > >> From: wikla <wi...@cs.helsinki.fi> >> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Odp: Hans Neeman Photo >> To: "Grzegorz Joachimiak" <gjoachim...@wp.pl> >> Cc: "sterling price" <spiffys84...@yahoo.com>, "BAROQUE-LUTE" >> <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >> Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 4:04 PM >> Dear friends, >> >> now there has been so much talk about photos/pictures of >> some system of >> "easy chromatic basses" and not a single link to any public >> photo/picture. >> Even when I am _not at all_ interested in using any >> mechanism for that, I >> am utterly interested in seeing, what you are talking >> about... ;-) >> >> So: jpg's, pdf's, ..., whatsoever, please! :-) >> >> Arto >> >> >> On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 21:46:13 +0200, "Grzegorz Joachimiak" >> <gjoachim...@wp.pl> >> wrote: >> > Dear friends, >> > >> > this photo surely is in JLSA (1979) vol. 12: The >> Resurrection of the >> > Lute in Twentieth Century Germeny by Kurt Rottmann, >> pp. 67-72. I have >> > this article. Let me know who needs this text I would >> send to private >> > e-mail box. >> > >> > Grzegorz >> > >> > >> > Dnia 8-10-2010 o godz. 19:11 sterling price >> napisał(a): >> >> Well I found the photo of Hans Neeman and his >> semi-tone device. I >> >> scanned it so >> >> if anyone wants to see it let me know. Still not >> sure where I copied it >> >> from... >> >> >> >> Sterling >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> >> From: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com> >> >> To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> >> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 8:07:20 AM >> >> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: New Semi-Tone Device >> >> >> >> Some more info about the semi tone device. >> >> The base is made of maple stained black. The nut >> is lignum vitae as well >> >> a the >> >> smaller nut which actually raises or 'frets' the >> course. >> >> Hide glue is used. >> >> Also I am looking for the photo I have of Hans >> Neeman. I think it was >> >> from an >> >> old LSA quarterly or journal. Does anyone know >> which one? >> >> Sterling >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ---- >> >> From: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com> >> >> To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu >> >> Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 5:30:25 AM >> >> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] New Semi-Tone Device >> >> >> >> Dear all-- >> >> >> >> I have just created a new semi-tone device for a >> Jauck type baroque >> >> lute. This >> >> allows me to change the pitch of bass strings by a >> half step without >> >> tuning. I >> >> can go from say e-flat minor to A-major in just a >> few seconds with >> >> complete >> >> stability. >> >> >> >> A similar semi-tone device is seen on the >> 1732 lute by J.H. >> >> Goldt,(formerly >> >> in the V&A) of course I don't know when it >> was added. Also Hans Neeman >> >> and his >> >> associates used semi-tone devices on all their >> baroque lutes including >> >> bass >> >> rider lutes in the 1930s. (This I know from a >> photograph of Neeman and >> >> his >> >> lutes). >> >> If anyone is interested I can send pics of >> my new device. >> >> >> >> Sterling >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information >> at >> >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
