[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

2011-08-31 Thread sterling price
trivial. --Sterling From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:39 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?damping This discussion would make a lot more sense if posters explained what gut is being compared

[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

2011-08-31 Thread Christopher Wilke
price spiffys84...@yahoo.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings?damping To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 2:21 AM    Hi-    Even with gut strings on say a baroque lute it is still good to damp    the strings, otherwise it sounds messy. Also just

[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

2011-08-30 Thread howard posner
This discussion would make a lot more sense if posters explained what gut is being compared to. In some cases, it's overwound strings, and in others, it's plain nylon. On Aug 30, 2011, at 5:00 AM, andy butler wrote: Are there any players who reckon that damping is essential? Tympanists,