[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-29 Thread AJN 
   That's a nice read, Martyn.  Thanks for posting it. I recall some of it
   from a lecture he gave several years ago.  He can talk non-stop
   for hours about gut strings.


   On 05/29/16, Martyn Hodgson<hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

   I'd heard a similar story some years ago but then the culprit was
   mercuric oxide (also dangerous and absorbable through the skin) which
   is also red/brown.
   Peruffo mentioned it when he was researching his concept of loaded
   strings - effectively reducing the diameter for the same mass p. u.
   length to favour more upper harmonics. The same brilliant
   characteristic may, as you say, also be the reason for thinner, but
   still as tense, violin first strings.
   Peruffo's pdf here contains some good pics of lutes with coloured
   strings - mostly red.
   [1][1]http://ricerche.aquilacorde.com/wp-content/uploads/liuto-en.pdf
   MH
   __
   From: AJN <[2]arthurjn...@verizon.net>
   To: [3]sauvag...@orange.fr; [4]lutesm...@gmail.com;
   [5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Cc: [6]ckolczyn...@bpl.org
   Sent: Sunday, 29 May 2016, 14:26
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: Red string
   It has been many years (20 +++) since I heard an explanation about
   the
   red strings. It was (iirc) from a person at an agriculture college
   up
   in
   New Brunswick. He apparently had been researching the history of gut
   strings.
   The red ones were loaded with arsenic (!!!). A top string loaded with
   arsenic might be comparable to the modern violin's
   metal e-string. To produce a brilliant sound. Musical string
   research
   is difficult because the
   makers didn't want to reveal trade secrets. And would you buy a
   string
   with arsenic? As I recall the most detailed explanation of musical
   string manufacture
   is in Diderot's encyclopedia. Here's a
   picture:
   [1][2][7]http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-stri
   ng-maker?rgn=main;view=fulltext
   The following video just explains the mechanics. Mimmo Peruffo is
   the
   proprietor of Aquila strings. He must have seen the Diderot drawing.
   He started when he found some string making machinery in an old barn.
   You can see the Mimmo's old winding machines here:
   [2][3][8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0
   VM1
   10
   On 05/28/16, Valery SAUVAGE<[3][4][9]sauvag...@orange.fr> wrote:
   If you look at "l'homme au luth" (Rubens ? Troyes museum St Loup)
   you can see some strings are red too, and not only basses... (but I
   have no asnwer about it, copper loading is understandable for bass
   strings but treble ?)
   [4][5][10]http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
   (perhaps you can find a better photo of the painting ?)
   ValA(c)ry
   > Message du 28/05/16 16:46
   > De : "Sean Smith" <[5][6][11]lutesm...@gmail.com>
   > A : "lute list" <[6][7][12]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
   > Copie A :
   > Objet : [LUTE] Red string
   >
   >
   > Good morning all,
   >
   > I was impressed this painting:
   >
   [7][8][13]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van
   _de_
   jar
   en_veertig_4494.cfm
   >
   > I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
   zooming around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing
   is unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
   from our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
   it might be?
   >
   > Sean
   >
   >
   >
   > To get on or off this list see list information at
   > [8][9][14]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
   >
   --
   References
   1.
   [10][15]http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-string-m
   aker
   ?rgn=main;view=fulltext
   2.
   [11][16]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0V
   M110
   3. mailto:[12][17]sauvag...@orange.fr
   4. [13][18]http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
   5. mailto:[14][19]lutesm...@gmail.com
   6. mailto:[15][20]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   7.
   [16][21]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_d
   e_ja
   r
   8. [17][22]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/
   --
   References
   1. [23]http://ricerche.aquilacorde.com/wp-content/uploads/liuto-en.pdf
   2. [24]http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-stri
   3.
   [25]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0VM110
   4. [26]mailto:sauvag...@orange.fr
   5. [27]http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
   6. [28]mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
   7. [29]mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   8.
   [30]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_ja
   r
   9. [31]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
   10.
   [32]http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-string-maker
   ?rgn=main;view=fulltext
   11

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-29 Thread Martyn Hodgson 
   I'd heard a similar story some years ago but then the culprit was
   mercuric oxide (also dangerous and absorbable through the skin) which
   is also red/brown.
   Peruffo mentioned it when he was researching his concept of loaded
   strings - effectively reducing the diameter for the same mass p. u.
   length to favour more upper harmonics. The same brilliant
   characteristic may, as you say, also be the reason for thinner, but
   still as tense, violin first strings.
   Peruffo's pdf here contains some good pics of lutes with coloured
   strings - mostly red.
   [1]http://ricerche.aquilacorde.com/wp-content/uploads/liuto-en.pdf
   MH
 __

   From: AJN <arthurjn...@verizon.net>
   To: sauvag...@orange.fr; lutesm...@gmail.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   Cc: ckolczyn...@bpl.org
   Sent: Sunday, 29 May 2016, 14:26
   Subject: [LUTE] Re: Red string
   It has been many years (20 +++) since I heard an explanation about
   the
 red strings.  It was (iirc) from a person at an agriculture college
   up
 in
 New Brunswick.  He apparently had been researching the history of gut
 strings.
 The red ones were loaded with arsenic (!!!). A top string loaded with
 arsenic might be comparable to the modern violin's
 metal e-string.  To produce a brilliant sound.  Musical string
   research
 is difficult because the
 makers didn't want to reveal trade secrets. And would you buy a
   string
 with arsenic?  As I recall the most detailed explanation of musical
 string manufacture
 is in Diderot's encyclopedia.  Here's a
 picture:
   [1][2]http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-stri
 ng-maker?rgn=main;view=fulltext
 The following video just explains the mechanics.  Mimmo Peruffo is
   the
 proprietor of Aquila strings. He must have seen the Diderot drawing.
 He started when he found some string making machinery in an old barn.
 You can see the Mimmo's old winding machines here:

   [2][3]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0VM1
   10
 On 05/28/16, Valery SAUVAGE<[3][4]sauvag...@orange.fr> wrote:
 If you look at "l'homme au luth" (Rubens ? Troyes museum St Loup)
 you can see some strings are red too, and not only basses... (but I
 have no asnwer about it, copper loading is understandable for bass
 strings but treble ?)
 [4][5]http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
 (perhaps you can find a better photo of the painting ?)
 ValA(c)ry
 > Message du 28/05/16 16:46
 > De : "Sean Smith" <[5][6]lutesm...@gmail.com>
 > A : "lute list" <[6][7]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
 > Copie A :
 > Objet : [LUTE] Red string
 >
 >
 > Good morning all,
 >
 > I was impressed this painting:
 >

   [7][8]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
   jar
 en_veertig_4494.cfm
 >
 > I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
 zooming around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing
 is unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
 from our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
 it might be?
 >
 > Sean
 >
 >
 >
 > To get on or off this list see list information at
 > [8][9]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
 >
 --
   References
 1.
   [10]http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-string-maker
   ?rgn=main;view=fulltext
 2.
   [11]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0VM110
 3. mailto:[12]sauvag...@orange.fr
 4. [13]http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
 5. mailto:[14]lutesm...@gmail.com
 6. mailto:[15]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
 7.
   [16]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_ja
   r
 8. [17]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/

   --

References

   1. http://ricerche.aquilacorde.com/wp-content/uploads/liuto-en.pdf
   2. http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-stri
   3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0VM110
   4. mailto:sauvag...@orange.fr
   5. http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
   6. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
   7. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   8. http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jar
   9. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
  10. 
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-string-maker?rgn=main;view=fulltext
  11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0VM110
  12. mailto:sauvag...@orange.fr
  13. http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
  14. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
  15. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
  16. http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jar
  17. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-29 Thread AJN 
It has been many years (20 +++) since I heard an explanation about the
   red strings.  It was (iirc) from a person at an agriculture college up
   in
   New Brunswick.  He apparently had been researching the history of gut
   strings.
   The red ones were loaded with arsenic (!!!). A top string loaded with
   arsenic might be comparable to the modern violin's
   metal e-string.  To produce a brilliant sound.  Musical string research
   is difficult because the
   makers didn't want to reveal trade secrets. And would you buy a string
   with arsenic?  As I recall the most detailed explanation of musical
   string manufacture
   is in Diderot's encyclopedia.  Here's a
   picture: [1]http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-stri
   ng-maker?rgn=main;view=fulltext
   The following video just explains the mechanics.  Mimmo Peruffo is the
   proprietor of Aquila strings. He must have seen the Diderot drawing.
   He started when he found some string making machinery in an old barn.
   You can see the Mimmo's old winding machines here:
   [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0VM110



   On 05/28/16, Valery SAUVAGE<[3]sauvag...@orange.fr> wrote:

   If you look at "l'homme au luth" (Rubens ? Troyes museum St Loup)
   you can see some strings are red too, and not only basses... (but I
   have no asnwer about it, copper loading is understandable for bass
   strings but treble ?)
   [4]http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
   (perhaps you can find a better photo of the painting ?)
   ValA(c)ry
   > Message du 28/05/16 16:46
   > De : "Sean Smith" <[5]lutesm...@gmail.com>
   > A : "lute list" <[6]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
   > Copie A :
   > Objet : [LUTE] Red string
   >
   >
   > Good morning all,
   >
   > I was impressed this painting:
   >
   [7]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jar
   en_veertig_4494.cfm
   >
   > I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
   zooming around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing
   is unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
   from our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
   it might be?
   >
   > Sean
   >
   >
   >
   > To get on or off this list see list information at
   > [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
   >
   --

References

   1. 
http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/did/did.0001.398/--gut-string-maker?rgn=main;view=fulltext
   2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded=wRQq_0VM110
   3. mailto:sauvag...@orange.fr
   4. http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
   5. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
   6. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
   7. http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jar
   8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread Edward C. Yong 
I have a fun explanation - her earlier string broke, and she had to use a 
string taken from a harpist… and the only spare string the harpist had was one 
of the red-coloured ones. 

Edward C. Yong
edward.y...@gmail.com




> On 29 May 2016, at 2:16 am, Valery SAUVAGE  wrote:
> 
>   If you look at "l'homme au luth" (Rubens ? Troyes museum St Loup)
> 
>   you can see some strings are red too, and not only basses... (but I
>   have no asnwer about it, copper loading is understandable for bass
>   strings but treble ?)
> 
>   http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
> 
>   (perhaps you can find a better photo of the painting ?)
> 
>   ValA(c)ry
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> Message du 28/05/16 16:46
>> De : "Sean Smith" 
>> A : "lute list" 
>> Copie A  :
>> Objet : [LUTE] Red string
>> 
>> 
>> Good morning all,
>> 
>> I was impressed this painting:
>> 
> http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jar
> en_veertig_4494.cfm
>> 
>> I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
> zooming around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing
> is unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
> from our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
> it might be?
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> To get on or off this list see list information at
>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>> 
> 
>   --
>

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread Valery SAUVAGE 
   If you look at "l'homme au luth" (Rubens ? Troyes museum St Loup)

   you can see some strings are red too, and not only basses... (but I
   have no asnwer about it, copper loading is understandable for bass
   strings but treble ?)

   http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf

   (perhaps you can find a better photo of the painting ?)

   ValA(c)ry






 > Message du 28/05/16 16:46
 > De : "Sean Smith" 
 > A : "lute list" 
 > Copie A  :
 > Objet : [LUTE] Red string
 >
 >
 > Good morning all,
 >
 > I was impressed this painting:
 >
 http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jar
 en_veertig_4494.cfm
 >
 > I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
 zooming around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing
 is unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
 from our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
 it might be?
 >
 > Sean
 >
 >
 >
 > To get on or off this list see list information at
 > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
 >

   --

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread Sean Smith 
Thank you, Martin. I shall do my reading up. Thats a very nice lute!

s

> On May 28, 2016, at 10:10 AM, Martin Shepherd  wrote:
> 
> There is an excellent essay on this painting by David Van Edwards in the 
> latest Lute News.
> 
> There are many paintings showing coloured strings (not just basses, where it 
> might be an indication of loading), Dowland mentions them, and I think some 
> strings were just dyed different colours for some reason which escapes us.
> 
> M
> 
>> On 28/05/2016 18:27, Sean Smith wrote:
>> Hmm, too early for a canarios maybe?
>> 
>> I get the feeling she's not a seasoned player so I'm not taking anything 
>> from her playing style.
>> 
>> Sean
>> 
>>> On May 28, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Edward Martin  wrote:
>>> 
>>>   What about the bird on her shoulder?
>>> 
>>>   On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>pls. notice the RH nail contact?
>>>On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Sean Smith
>>> <[1][2]lutesm...@gmail.com>
>>>wrote:
>>>  Good morning all,
>>>  I was impressed this painting:
>>> 
>>> [2][3]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_
>>> de_
>>>  jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
>>>  I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
>>> zooming
>>>  around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing is
>>>  unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
>>> from
>>>  our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
>>> it
>>>  might be?
>>>  Sean
>>>  To get on or off this list see list information at
>>>  [3][4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>>>--
>>> References
>>>1. mailto:[5]lutesm...@gmail.com
>>>2.
>>> [6]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
>>> jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
>>>3. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>>> 
>>>   --
>>> 
>>> References
>>> 
>>>   1. mailto:kalei...@gmail.com
>>>   2. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
>>>   3. http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
>>>   4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>>>   5. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
>>>   6. 
>>> http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
>>>   7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
> 
> 
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[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread Martin Shepherd 
There is an excellent essay on this painting by David Van Edwards in the 
latest Lute News.


There are many paintings showing coloured strings (not just basses, 
where it might be an indication of loading), Dowland mentions them, and 
I think some strings were just dyed different colours for some reason 
which escapes us.


M

On 28/05/2016 18:27, Sean Smith wrote:

Hmm, too early for a canarios maybe?

I get the feeling she's not a seasoned player so I'm not taking anything from 
her playing style.

Sean


On May 28, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Edward Martin  wrote:

   What about the bird on her shoulder?

   On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:

pls. notice the RH nail contact?
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Sean Smith
 <[1][2]lutesm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
  Good morning all,
  I was impressed this painting:

 [2][3]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_
 de_
  jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
  I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
 zooming
  around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing is
  unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
 from
  our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
 it
  might be?
  Sean
  To get on or off this list see list information at
  [3][4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
--
 References
1. mailto:[5]lutesm...@gmail.com
2.
 [6]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
 jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
3. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

   --

References

   1. mailto:kalei...@gmail.com
   2. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
   3. http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
   4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
   5. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
   6. 
http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
   7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html






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[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread Sean Smith 
Hmm, too early for a canarios maybe? 

I get the feeling she's not a seasoned player so I'm not taking anything from 
her playing style. 

Sean

> On May 28, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Edward Martin  wrote:
> 
>   What about the bird on her shoulder?
> 
>   On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>pls. notice the RH nail contact?
>On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Sean Smith
> <[1][2]lutesm...@gmail.com>
>wrote:
>  Good morning all,
>  I was impressed this painting:
> 
> [2][3]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_
> de_
>  jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
>  I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
> zooming
>  around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing is
>  unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
> from
>  our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
> it
>  might be?
>  Sean
>  To get on or off this list see list information at
>  [3][4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>--
> References
>1. mailto:[5]lutesm...@gmail.com
>2.
> [6]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
> jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
>3. [7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
> 
>   --
> 
> References
> 
>   1. mailto:kalei...@gmail.com
>   2. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
>   3. http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
>   4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>   5. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
>   6. 
> http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
>   7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
>

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread Edward Martin 
   What about the bird on her shoulder?

   On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:

pls. notice the RH nail contact?
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Sean Smith
 <[1][2]lutesm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
  Good morning all,
  I was impressed this painting:

 [2][3]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_
 de_
  jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
  I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started
 zooming
  around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing is
  unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this
 from
  our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think
 it
  might be?
  Sean
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 [6]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
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   2. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
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   4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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   6. 
http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
   7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread G. C. 
   pls. notice the RH nail contact?

   On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com>
   wrote:

 Good morning all,
 I was impressed this painting:
 [2]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
 jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
 I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started zooming
 around with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing is
 unrealistic the top string was red. I hadn't heard about this from
 our modern string revivalists so I'm curious. What do you think it
 might be?
 Sean
 To get on or off this list see list information at
 [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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References

   1. mailto:lutesm...@gmail.com
   2. 
http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
   3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Red string

2016-05-28 Thread Roman Turovsky 

An awesome illustration of collapsing the last joint!

RT


On 5/28/2016 10:42 AM, Sean Smith wrote:

Good morning all,

I was impressed this painting:
http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jaren_veertig_4494.cfm

I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I started zooming around 
with the magnifier. I noticed that while the spacing is unrealistic the top 
string was red. I hadn’t heard about this from our modern string revivalists so 
I’m curious. What do you think it might be?

Sean



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