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Thank you Arthur.
Best regards
Jaroslaw
- Original Message -
From: Arthur Ness arthurjn...@verizon.net
To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; howard posner
howardpos...@ca.rr.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:26 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Are Pistoys prone to rot
Dear Anthony,
Once more my apologies for such a hiatus in writing. As I said before, the
change of internet provider caused a lot of connection problems, and then
traveling (a concert tour) didn't give me a chance to write longer messages.
I'll try to catch up now, so please excuse me if I write
On Nov 27, 2012, at 10:35 AM, jaroslawlip...@wp.pl wrote:
The word decay reappears several times in the technical part of Music's
Monument, always in conjunction with the word rottenness. This can't be
coincidental.
You may be right about Mace using rottenness in the modern sense of
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Scroll down to item #25.
$2800 is not bad. The latest Weiss volume (vol.
10) from Barenreiter is $1100 from Sheet
Just a short comment: I recently did some research on historical stringing and
in regards to pistoy loaded strings, there is no evidence. The better
explanation for seemingly thin, coloured strings on the basses of lutes is
wound strings. At least we know such a technology existed, even though
Dear Anthony,
You write of Mace - 'Mace had a very strong preoccupation with rotten
gut, clearly from personal experience (although I have never
encountered this problem), and he therefore gives detailed advice on
how to store strings to make sure they don't take any wet, or moist
Dear Martin
You are probably right on that issue, particularly in relation to
frets, we do have to beware of reading Mace as modern English.
I think we need to be careful not to make assumptions of what Mace
meant by 'rotten'. It seems to me he means weak/liable to break
