Wayne Cripps wrote:
This is all working up to an response when someone
says that lutes and renaissance guitars are primative.
You might ask that someone whether an Amati violin is primitive.
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Dear Wayne,
geared tuners: no problem - but they would not have been build buy a luthier
but by a craftsman specialising in scientific (astronomic, e.g.) instruments
and/or automats for the collections of the rich. But the strings I think
you're right. A set of 0.13 Phosphor Bronce might
The fact that something is more mechanically complex doesn't necessarily mean
it's more sophisticated. To the contrary, sometimes complex mechanics are
really a kludge to get around the fact that you haven't been able to come up
with a simple and truly sophisticated solution. Ptolemaic (sp?)
