[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-04-06 Thread Daniel
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2019 10:45 AM To: Luca Manassero Cc: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck Virtus stat in medio. RT On 3/28/2019 9:37 AM, Luca Manassero wrote: > Dear all, > thank you for all your interesting suggestions! > I'll probably think ag

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-28 Thread Roman Turovsky
Virtus stat in medio. RT On 3/28/2019 9:37 AM, Luca Manassero wrote: Dear all, thank you for all your interesting suggestions! I'll probably think again about it ;-) All the best, Luca On dom, 24 mar 2019 05:10:08 +0100 Howard Posner wrote I'd have

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-28 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear all, thank you for all your interesting suggestions! I'll probably think again about it ;-) All the best, Luca On dom, 24 mar 2019 05:10:08 +0100 Howard Posner wrote I'd have asked him the question I asked you. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2019, at

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-23 Thread Howard Posner
I’d have asked him the question I asked you. Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 23, 2019, at 18:02, Roman Turovsky wrote: > > Pat's opinion re the luthier's fault. > RT > >> On 3/23/2019 7:01 PM, howard posner wrote: >> What do you base that conclusion on? >> Did the lute formerly have a lighter

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-23 Thread Roman Turovsky
Pat's opinion re the luthier's fault. RT On 3/23/2019 7:01 PM, howard posner wrote: What do you base that conclusion on? Did the lute formerly have a lighter neck? On Mar 23, 2019, at 3:16 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: One of my lutes is neck-heavy, and it definitely has been detrimental

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-23 Thread howard posner
What do you base that conclusion on? Did the lute formerly have a lighter neck? > On Mar 23, 2019, at 3:16 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: > > One of my lutes is neck-heavy, and it definitely has been detrimental to its > sound. > RT > > > http://turovsky.org > Feci quod potui. Faciant

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-23 Thread r . turovsky
One of my lutes is neck-heavy, and it definitely has been detrimental to its sound. RT http://turovsky.org Feci quod potui. Faciant meliora potentes. > On Mar 23, 2019, at 5:48 PM, yuval.dvo...@posteo.de wrote: > > My lute builder, Dieter Schossig, is actually a physicist, and he also

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-23 Thread yuval . dvoran
My lute builder, Dieter Schossig, is actually a physicist, and he also told me about this. It's about the energy that gets lost in the neck, instead of reinforcing the sound. Am 23.03.2019 22:29 schrieb John Mardinly: Some guitar makers have also believed that neck stiffness improves the

[LUTE] Re: Heavy theorbo neck

2019-03-23 Thread John Mardinly
Some guitar makers have also believed that neck stiffness improves the sound. Ramirez 1A guitars have a significant graphite-epoxy inset along the neck to stiffen it, and that is said to be significant in a neck that is only 66.7cm. A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. On Mar 23,