Dear Wisdom,
I am becoming confused by the terminology associated with string
technology. I wonder if anybody would be kind enough to supply
definitions of these terms, which crop up from time to time?
High-twist gut
Catlines
Pistoys
Venice strings
Lyons
Loaded gut
Hi,
Now You will find under:
http://imslp.org/wiki/A_Collection_of_German_Lute_Trios_%28Various%29
A Collection of German Lute Trios (Various)
These single-line Intavolations are intended not only for training purposes
for students (rhythm, listening sessions, interaction) but can be even
It's great Stuartt! Touching and very fresh. And what about 7str guitar
version?
P.S.: Something wrong with your youtube link so here is it fixed:
[1]http://youtu.be/1-yKbHIru4k
2012/7/10 WALSH STUART [2]s.wa...@ntlworld.com
Eugene Kurenko uploaded a lovely five-course
Dear Bill,
A rough shot at this:
High-twist gut - a gut string with more twist! Conventional (modern)
wisdom was that for maximum strength, treble strings were made with the
minimum of twist. For thicker strings, where strength is unecessary and
flexibility more of a problem, more twist is
Thanks, Martin. An excellent summary and all in one place too. This, I
venture to say, would be a very nice addition to your own website or even the
beginnings of a Wikipedia article.
Of course much of this can be gleaned from string makers' websites but of
course they are less likely,
Also, keep in mind -
In Elisabeth[1]an English the word 'brass' can mean any bronze alloy,
or copper, rather than the strict modern definition of brass.
RT
On 7/10/2012 9:26 AM, [2]theoj89...@aol.com wrote:
Brass strings (or an alloy closer to bronze) were used on irish and
But, surely, if the brass strings are sufficiently thin there's no
reason why the tension should not be at the usual level.
MH
--- On Tue, 10/7/12, theoj89...@aol.com theoj89...@aol.com wrote:
From: theoj89...@aol.com theoj89...@aol.com
Subject: [LUTE] Re: brass strings
much later, I think. the lubrication essential for drawing brass wire
wasn't invented until a couple of centuries after 1300's.
RT
7/10/2012 9:26 AM, theoj89...@aol.com wrote:
Brass strings (or an alloy closer to bronze) were used on irish and scottish
harps from the 1300s onward. It would
Low tension brass strings are regularly used on orpharions, citterns
and bandoras.
Nancy
Brass strings (or an alloy closer to bronze) were used on irish and
scottish harps from the 1300s onward. It would not be surprising
that a lute player might possibly use them for bass
The way it was explained to me by a metallurgist: drawing brass requires lube
that wouldn't burn at the teperature necessary to draw. And that lagged a bit.
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On Jul 10, 2012, at 1:08 PM, Jarosław Lipski jaroslawlip...@wp.pl wrote:
It was not a matter of lubrication but
A contemporary metallurgist probably knows mainly modern techniques.
This is the quotation from The Early English Copper and Brass Industries to
1800 by H. Hamilton:
Up to the Elizabethan period, copper or brass wire was drawn by hand in Britain
by a very primitive process. One method
It is not as simple as that. The die has to be lubricated to pass
heated wire, and as I recall brass was too hot for the die, until the
discovery that urine could be used for that process.
I recall that this is the main argument against pre-1300 musical wire
mythology in general.
It took
Hi, fellow lute folk - I've been loaned a very nice Baroque lute,
which unusually has an extra bass course. I'm taking part in a concert
of French music in the spring, and would like to play some De Visee.
Are there online resources for his music that someone could direct me
towards?
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