At 03:28 PM 12/23/2007, David Tayler wrote:
When getting an archlute, get one that can be either double or single
strung, and have different divisions, e.g. 6+8, 7+7
8+6, etc. 8+6 is great for Bach (low F and F sharp; C and C sharp).
6+8 great for earlier repertory.
More holes; less poles.
After
I agree, very nice! Thank you.
Eugene
At 11:10 AM 12/26/2007, Stephen Arndt wrote:
David,
Thank you for this wonderful Christmas gift! I love how you play with such
a light and seemingly effortless touch.
Stephen Arndt
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To:
Martyn, Eugene,
This latest Piccinini remark, reminds me of an earlier topic,
Theorbo + Nails. While looking for Piccinini texts for Jim Abraham, I
found the introduction to his lute tablatures, translated into French.
It looks very much like Piccinini's instruction for the use of nails
Anthony,
Although I probably should have used a finer grade, I just used the finest
grade I happened to have on hand, which was 600. I'm not sure how to answer
the question about how much I sanded since I didn't count the strokes, but
they were probably no more than twenty-five. I simply
Dentists have a special kind of dental floss with various
degrees of gritiness (I don;'t know the term). Some seem to be
coated with various strengths of sand like that used in
sandpaper, others are still sharper and seem to be coated with
pieces of metal (very sharp!).
Ask your dentist for
Dear all
Stewart-MacDonald sell 'abrasive cord' to 'smooth your string notches':
http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Tools/Sanding_Tools_and_Supplies/Mitchell_Abrasive_Cord.html
I maybe too rough for the purpose, I'm not sure, never used it.
Jelma van Amersfoort
On Dec 26, 2007 6:57 PM, Stephen
I meant to say, IT may be too rough for the purpose :-S
Jelma van A.
On Dec 26, 2007 5:10 PM, Jelma van Amersfoort [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear all
Stewart-MacDonald sell 'abrasive cord' to 'smooth your string notches':
The stuff I once got from my dentist was not really what I would call
floss; Arthur's quotation marks must have been stripped out to some
NSA/CIA telephone filter. How about abrasive inter-dental strips? They are
about 3 or 4 millimeters (1/6 of a dyno-inch) wide. I cannot imagine a
single
I go to a large Boston dental firm with probably 12-15 dentists,
plus
hygenicists. The dentist just went to a supply closet (I guess)
and came back with the samples. I gave them all away, but there
was no trade mark identification on the samples.
If that was the dentist. I'm not certain
I called a few dentists here in town to ask about that kind of floss, and
they had never even heard of it. When I did a Google advanced search using
dental floss and sand, I couldn't find where to purchase it either. It
would be helpful if we had a source for ordering it.
Stephen
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The samples I was given (ten years ago) came in various densities
from what seemed to be very fine, to one that had those bit of
metal and seemed to be very sharp.
I'll keep trying.
==AJN (Boston, Mass.)
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That sounds like it. I used the term floss because the abrasive
was coated on strings, and indeed is used between the teeth like
floss. The denitst who gave me the samples knew immediately what
I was talking about.
==AJN (Boston, Mass.)
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Stephen
That is remarkable with a 70 cm string length and at 415Hz. I
thought it would need to be at 392Hz, and then only to last about a
week.
Do you think the sy-trings gradually roughen the edges of the groove,
or was there a problem from the beginning? Do you use graphite to
help
That's because Bach didn't have the same hands-on exactness for
idiosyncratic playability that Piccinini Weiss had with lutes. He
hit an approximate range, texture, and either figured a real lute
player could work it out, or he really composed (at least some of it)
for his Lautenwork (sp?)
Anthony,
I had a Savarez KF on it originally and then a Nylgut and don't know enough
to speculate as to whether they roughen the edges of the groove or not. I
only know that I broke several gut strings in a row when I first tried gut
and never had one make it an entire week before I sanded
Very interesting thread. Leads me to believe that
variable batches of gut may be causing more
disagreement/varying experiences than other
factors, especially once the nut business is
addressed. My Renaissance 7-course, at 62 cm,
should be a no-brainer (no gut-strainer?) for a
g, w/a at 415.
And speaking from experience- I have an ancient Bob Lundberg original
13 course bass rider Baroque lute. Wanting to play Piccinini
specifically and explore the archlute/Italian Baroque lute generally,
I re-strung tuned the Lundberg. Very, very clumsy and ineffective
for that repertoire.
Dan
MP had some really strong top gut strings, strong as nylon. He seems
to think they will soon be back again, meanwhile some people use
Purr'l Gut banjo strings, for the top.
I don't know how strong they are, but they come quite cheap, and so
it is not so bad breaking them.
Dan I have never tried them, but some seem to like them.
Kurschner are said to be quite strong, but some don't like the feel,
or sound.
Anthony
Le 26 déc. 07 à 22:13, Stephen Arndt a écrit :
Dan and Anthony,
The Purr'l Gut banjo strings are not bad, but personally I don't
think they
Dan and Anthony,
The Purr'l Gut banjo strings are not bad, but personally I don't think they
sound quite as good as the others I have tried (Aquila and Gamut). But if
you want something inexpensive for everyday use, they might work for you.
Stephen
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From:
Sad music- Tombeau sur la mort de ma chanterelle d'mon coeur, arrive
le 26 de Decembre, 2007 -to be played only on the lower 10 courses
of a French Baroque lute. In e-flat minor, of course.
I just opened my lute case to discover that my top string, which had
lasted 31 days, had broken. Since
Louis Aull [EMAIL PROTECTED] 12/24/2007 9:04 am
John et al.
I trained a while with an old school violin maker. We would put the dried
soap (old bar of Zest) on the peg, roll it in the hole to deposit the soap
in the hole as well, and then us a a piece of blackboard chalk to write a
bit of
When ordering Purr'll Gut from Sierra View (gourdbanjo.com), specify
the 1.5 meter lengths. They are the same price and give you two trebles for
the price of one (on my 59 cm lute).
Regards,
Leonard Williams
On 12/26/07 2:09 PM, Anthony Hind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dan
MP had some
C'est le tombeau le plus triste sur un événement encore plus triste. Hélas!
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From: Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Daniel Winheld [EMAIL PROTECTED]; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 2:56 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Sad News(was Breaking
Very clever!
ed
At 12:05 PM 12/26/2007 -0800, Daniel Winheld wrote:
Sad music- Tombeau sur la mort de ma chanterelle d'mon coeur, arrive
le 26 de Decembre, 2007 -to be played only on the lower 10 courses
of a French Baroque lute. In e-flat minor, of course.
I just opened my lute case to
On Mon, Dec 24, 2007, Gary Digman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Timbre is an element of musical expression as well as pitch. Why does a
composer have an oboe and a violin or a bassoon and a trombone play the
same part? Because the timbre of the combined sound is different than
each separately. Gary
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