You didn't make a fool of yourself; we all can appreciate any new info we haven't seen and it showed what a great heart you have.
Happy New Year! Jim Kath On Jan 2, 2013, at 8:09 PM, James Jackson wrote: > My huge apologies to Paul and everyone else - > > I really embarrassed myself there - Paul emailed me personally and my > last reply to Paul was intended to be emailed directly and my stupid > email set up automatically CC'ed it to everyone on the list. > > So, to Paul, I really do apologise and everyone else too. Made a little > bit of a fool of myself there. > > James. > On 3 January 2013 02:51, James Jackson <[1]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > From: James Jackson [mailto:[2]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:49 PM > To: Paul Daverman > Cc: [3]lute-buil...@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: Re: [LUTE-BUILDER] Pitch center on a 10 cs. lute > > > Hi Paul, > > > I'll be honest, a scale of 65cm would be much more suited for a pitch > of F at AD0 - I think you'll find with a lute that is a little larger, > like this one, will sound so much better at that pitch. The whole > instrument will resonate better if you string it at the pitch it was > designed for, as I highly doubt the original instrument was ever tuned > to the equivalent of G at AD0, more likely the instrument was at F at > modern pitch. > > > James > > On 1 January 2013 20:02, Paul Daverman <[4]daverman.p...@sbcglobal.net> > wrote: > > I am building a 10 cs. lute per Robert Lundberg's plans (10-cs > Renaissance Lute, Dieffopruchar 1612). I am to the point where I > have > begun looking at strings so that I have an idea of diameters, etc. > As > this is my first lute build, I am looking at Nylgut and am looking > to > tune to AD0. One of the suppliers to which I have inquired has said > that in A440 tuning, they have no strings at 65cm length that can > take > the tension for the chanderelle (and that no gut could either.) He > said that the instrument was probably meant for A92 and while he > could > supply strings in either tuning, I'd have to look elsewhere for a > string for the chanderelle if I chose A440. > I am wondering if any of you can talk to this topic. Would I be > over > stressing the lute if I tune to the modern tuning of A440? Would > A392 > have been the intended tuning or maybe A415? What other > repercussions > of tuning one way vs. another should I know about? My music theory > is > a bit poor - is the difference between going from A440 tuning to > A392 > really any different that transposing down a (??) major second? Any > word to help get all this straight in my mind would be appreciated. > While I understand that "pitch" is all relative, I'm having a > difficult > time getting my arms around the practical understanding of what I > should do for stringing. Thanks. > Paul > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:weirdgeor...@googlemail.com > 2. mailto:weirdgeor...@googlemail.com > 3. mailto:lute-buil...@cs.dartmouth.edu > 4. mailto:daverman.p...@sbcglobal.net > 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
