[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: The Sautschecks' Tabulatures/L'intavolature dei Sautscheck

2008-03-30 Thread Stephen Arndt
Nice! - Original Message - From: Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BAROQUE-LUTE baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:54 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] The Sautschecks' Tabulatures/L'intavolature dei Sautscheck For those who may be inclined toward such

[LUTE] Re: my new theorbo! - pics and sound file

2008-03-30 Thread Rob MacKillop
Dear Urs, I'm sorry to say I don't know the wood used for the core of the neck. It just never came up in conversation, but I could find out for you easily enough. The neck IS veneered in ebony, with red paint in both peg boxes. The kingwood was Malcolm's idea, and I have to say it works very

[LUTE] Re: Fingering question/Pastyme with Good Companye

2008-03-30 Thread David Tayler
Well, my example was really to show how tricky attribution is. But you can dig a bit further. In this case, you can go by the Grove, but the Grove is not really an authoritative source in that it is a secondary reference. Yes, we all read it, but it is a bit like Trader Joe's as well. The real

[LUTE] Re: my new theorbo! - pics and sound file

2008-03-30 Thread Rob MacKillop
Malcolm has told me that the core of the lower neck is mahogany (Khaya), the core of the upper neck is South American cedar, which he thinks helps the tone. Rob On 29/03/2008, Urs Leo Gantenbein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's a fine instrument, indeed. What are the timbers used? Kingwood

[LUTE] Beginner in Israel.

2008-03-30 Thread Zechy Mahler
Hi all. I got my first lute, a cheap eight course, in Florida when my family and I were on vacation. My parents than achieved their decades old dream of emigrating to Israel, and since I was under age at the time I was dragged along with them. I have since resigned myself to my fate and have come

[LUTE] Re: Beginner in Israel.

2008-03-30 Thread Omer katzir
Welcome!!! I'm from Israel too :-) There's a great teacher here, contact me and I'll give you his details On Mar 30, 2008, at 3:22 PM, Zechy Mahler wrote: Hi all. I got my first lute, a cheap eight course, in Florida when my family and I were on vacation. My parents than achieved their

[LUTE] Re: Beginner in Israel.

2008-03-30 Thread Roman Turovsky
From: Zechy Mahler [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all. I got my first lute, a cheap eight course, in Florida when my family and I were on vacation. My parents than achieved their decades old dream of emigrating to Israel, and since I was under age at the time I was dragged along with them. I have since

[LUTE] Re: Fingering question

2008-03-30 Thread howard posner
On Mar 29, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Arthur Ness wrote: Where did Richafort find it? In a registered letter from Henry VIII. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Fingering question

2008-03-30 Thread howard posner
On Mar 29, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Arthur Ness wrote: Unless you have some urge to talk about Leonardo da Vinci's wandering beard. I just acquired such an urge, at least to the extent of understanding the reference. What are we talking about? -- To get on or off this list see list information

[LUTE] 13-course tension

2008-03-30 Thread Nigel Solomon
I was wondering what tension people put on the 2 bass-rider strings of a 13-course lute. I have been putting around 2.4 Kg bass and 2.2 octave, it seems a bit slack (the other strings around 2.8 and 2.6) Thanks Nigel To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Telemann Hochzeitscantata

2008-03-30 Thread Thomas Schall
You'll find many of his music (and a lot of unpublished and unknown music) in Frankfurt http://telemann.info/ http://www.stadtgeschichte-ffm.de/artikel/telemann.html I regret I don't know if the Cantata in question is in the Frankfurt collection. Anyway a good source to dig into unknown

[LUTE] Re: Telemann Hochzeitscantata

2008-03-30 Thread LGS-Europe
Thomas wrote: You'll find many of his music (and a lot of unpublished and unknown music) in Frankfurt http://telemann.info/ http://www.stadtgeschichte-ffm.de/artikel/telemann.html I regret I don't know if the Cantata in question is in the Frankfurt collection. No, it is not. But thanks for

[LUTE] Re: Beginner in Israel.

2008-03-30 Thread Jelma van Amersfoort
Eitan Hoffer studied lute in Amsterdam with Fred Jacobs, together with Alfonso Marin, Israel Golani and me: http://hoffer-bows.com/index.php?show=about Best wishes, Jelma van Amersfoort On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Zechy Mahler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I got my first lute, a

[LUTE] Re: 13-course tension

2008-03-30 Thread Edward Martin
I do about 2.9 Kg per string in that situation. But, I use only gut . When using gut, a strong octave is very important. ed At 05:59 PM 3/30/2008 +0200, Nigel Solomon wrote: I was wondering what tension people put on the 2 bass-rider strings of a 13-course lute. I have been putting around