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From: AJN <[2]arthurjn...@verizon.net>
To: [3]sauvag...@orange.fr; [4]lutesm...@gmail.com;
[5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
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Sent: Sunday, 29 May 2016, 14:26
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Red stri
14:26
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Red string
It has been many years (20 +++) since I heard an explanation about
the
red strings. It was (iirc) from a person at an agriculture college
up
in
New Brunswick. He apparently had been researching the history of gut
strings.
T
It has been many years (20 +++) since I heard an explanation about the
red strings. It was (iirc) from a person at an agriculture college up
in
New Brunswick. He apparently had been researching the history of gut
strings.
The red ones were loaded with arsenic (!!!). A top
I have a fun explanation - her earlier string broke, and she had to use a
string taken from a harpist… and the only spare string the harpist had was one
of the red-coloured ones.
Edward C. Yong
edward.y...@gmail.com
> On 29 May 2016, at 2:16 am, Valery SAUVAGE wrote:
If you look at "l'homme au luth" (Rubens ? Troyes museum St Loup)
you can see some strings are red too, and not only basses... (but I
have no asnwer about it, copper loading is understandable for bass
strings but treble ?)
http://lavie-enchampagne.com/pdf/numero75/numero75.pdf
Thank you, Martin. I shall do my reading up. Thats a very nice lute!
s
> On May 28, 2016, at 10:10 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote:
>
> There is an excellent essay on this painting by David Van Edwards in the
> latest Lute News.
>
> There are many paintings showing coloured
There is an excellent essay on this painting by David Van Edwards in the
latest Lute News.
There are many paintings showing coloured strings (not just basses,
where it might be an indication of loading), Dowland mentions them, and
I think some strings were just dyed different colours for some
Hmm, too early for a canarios maybe?
I get the feeling she's not a seasoned player so I'm not taking anything from
her playing style.
Sean
> On May 28, 2016, at 8:15 AM, Edward Martin wrote:
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> What about the bird on her shoulder?
>
> On Sat, May 28, 2016 at
What about the bird on her shoulder?
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:59 AM, G. C. <[1]kalei...@gmail.com> wrote:
pls. notice the RH nail contact?
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Sean Smith
<[1][2]lutesm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Good morning all,
I
pls. notice the RH nail contact?
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Sean Smith <[1]lutesm...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Good morning all,
I was impressed this painting:
[2]http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_
jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
I appreciate
An awesome illustration of collapsing the last joint!
RT
On 5/28/2016 10:42 AM, Sean Smith wrote:
Good morning all,
I was impressed this painting:
http://www.fondationcustodia.fr/ununiversintime/1_meester_van_de_jaren_veertig_4494.cfm
I appreciate that the artist was very attentive so I
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