thank you very much for this excellent piece of
information. so far i took pride in being the first
lute player in the family... Bernhard
--- Arthur Ness (boston) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
schrieb: By the way, there was a lutenist (ca. 1600)
at the
Wuerttemberg court
named, not Bernhard, but Georg
My roommate does woodworking as his hobby, so I could probably still get the
crap-lute for a few hundred bucks, have him do the specified modifications,
and it would all work out fine.
If your roommate is into it, why not buy a lute kit and have him build it.
In all seriousness, though, what is
Yes, yes! Thanks to all of you. It's the Barrel or Blood Knot.
http://www.killroys.com/knots/barrel.htm
This one is animated.
http://www.marinews.com/fishing/Knots%20%20Rigging/fk_bloodk.htm
This allows me to get exactly twice as much string for my money. If
cut a Nylgut in half, I can get two
Does anyone know where I can find a PDF of the Toccata Arpeggiata by Kapsberger in
Italian tabulature - but in the original setting for chitarrone/theorbo? I have
ordered the facsimile book, but it will be a while before I get it.
I have the 6-course lute transcription, which has stretches
Howdy Jon -
I built one of the Musikits flat backed lutes, and made a playable
instrument of it. I initially thought it was a decent lute substitute, but
the more lutherie I learned the less satisfied I was with it. In
particular, the string spacing was not great - the neck was too narrow, and
Jon,
If the pictures on the RWC website are an indication of what you get
in the kit, you are not much better off than doing it from scratch on
your own. It looks like the ribs are not bent nor have their edges
been planed to the right bevel to join properly. Shaping the neck
takes about 30
I got my 'larry brown' 10-course fixed and will be getting it back tonight.
Today in Saint Louis, it's like a bath outside. It feels like it's about
10,000 degrees.
I shall dash, madly, from the luthier's house to my car. Hopefully, my hair
nor my lute will swell in the heat.
Michael Godfrey
Is that the one you are looking for:
http://cbsr26.ucr.edu/wlkfiles/Publications/PDF/ToccataArpeggiata.pdf ?
Alain
At 08:53 AM 7/21/04, Tom Leoni wrote:
Does anyone know where I can find a PDF of the Toccata Arpeggiata by
Kapsberger in Italian tabulature - but in the original setting for
Dear Alan,
I have been away from home for three weeks, hence the delay in
replying to your e-mail. It seems your request drew a blank.
I have a copy of vol #13 with the article you are after.
Unfortunately my scanner no longer works, or I'd send you a copy.
However, the FoMRHI article is so
Please give us the results.
ed
At 02:23 PM 7/21/04 -0500, Michael wrote:
I got my 'larry brown' 10-course fixed and will be getting it back tonight.
Today in Saint Louis, it's like a bath outside. It feels like it's about
10,000 degrees.
I shall dash, madly, from the luthier's house to my car.
Dear Jon Tim,
I too would be daunted at the prospect of trying to build
a lute back, but I have built the RWC cittern and found
the pre-shaping of parts and general content of the kit
much easier than trying to gather together the necessary
materials myself. I understand that they will build any
Dear Tim,
I once made a cittern from a kit. I constructed it in a friend's
workshop. He kept an eye on what I did. It looks good. The rose is
pretty swish. Unfortunately the grooves for the frets were already
made, and they aren't at 6th-comma meantone. My instrument plays out
of tune. I rarely
Hey, I got my 10-course lute back with the fixed fracture in the soundboard!
Okay, I've forgotten what a joyless exercise it is to tune a 10-course lute.
My fingers already hurt. Plus, the majority of my strings are nylon (pretty
sound...).
I'm not up on all the string types, though. Everyone
Hi Michael,
Glad you got your beloved instrument repaired.
Nylgut is made of a type of nylon that has a very similar density to gut.
It also has a different tactile feel from nylon - kind of like some
unpolished gut that I used a very long time ago.
Gut strings are made from the collagen of
Michael:
1) Hie yourself down to the nearest store that stocks supplies for
orchestral instruments and get yourself some (violin, viola, etc.) peg
dope. Rub a SMALL amount of it onto the pegs that turn too stiffly just
at the point where they contact the pegbox. If the peg now spins too
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