> You should read the latest journal of the LSA which > discusses this topic in depth. Surely we can agree > that many baroque lutes didn't begin life with 13 > courses. > Sterling 1. That's why so many of them fell apart. 2. Lundberg's opinions are considered dated by some. 3. Too many instruments have fake labels. RT
> >> They were MOSTLY building "from scratch", and from >> time to time putting in a >> fake label, for self-evident reasons. >> RT >> ______________ >> Roman M. Turovsky >> http://polyhymnion.org/swv >> >>> So you are saying that J.J. Edlinger and J.C. >> Hoffman >>> were not inteligent? That is what they spent most >> of >>> their time doing besides making violins. >>> Sterling >>> >>>> He would never do this, if he were intelligent. >>>> RT >>>> >>>>> Obviously I would take it to my neighborhood >>>> expert >>>>> luthier of course silly:) >>>>> Sterling >>>>> --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> According to luthier-friend this type of sorry >>>>>> "expediency" is exactly what >>>>>> was the cause of low survival rate of baroque >>>> lutes. >>>>>> This is not as bad as >>>>>> cello-pins for lutes, but DON'T TRY THIS AT >> HOME. >>>>>> Earlier lutes just don't >>>>>> have enough wood to hold 13 courses. >>>>>> RT >>>>>> ______________ >>>>>> Roman M. Turovsky >>>>>> http://polyhymnion.org/swv >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>>> From: sterling price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>>>> I have been interested in this for a while. It >>>>>> seems >>>>>>> to me to be a valuable insight into historical >>>>>> lute >>>>>>> construction, i.e to convert a rennaissance >> lute >>>>>> to a >>>>>>> baroque lute rather than only replicate the >>>> final >>>>>>> product. Ed-I think you should now convert the >>>> 11c >>>>>> to >>>>>>> a bassrider 13! If I had an 11c lute I would >>>>>>> immedeatly convert it to 13. >>>>>>> Sterling Price >>>>>>> --- Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> baroque lute. In consulting Dan Larson, he >>>>>> thought >>>>>>>> it was a great idea, >>>>>>>> and as there is precedence for doing this, he >>>> did >>>>>>>> it. He had to: >>>>>>>> 1. Make a new neck & peg box >>>>>>>> 2. Make a new bridge >>>>>>>> 3. Open the instrument & brace it >> differently, >>>>>> so >>>>>>>> it could accommodate a >>>>>>>> wider bridge. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> __________________________________ >>>>>>> Do you Yahoo!? >>>>>>> Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! >>>>>>> http://my.yahoo.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To get on or off this list see list >> information >>>> at >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> __________________________________ >>>>> Do you Yahoo!? >>>>> Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail >>>> SpamGuard. >>>>> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> __________________________________ >>> Do you Yahoo!? >>> The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? >>> http://my.yahoo.com >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> >> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >
