[LUTE] Re: A440?

I applaud you supporting using period instruments. I have tried your no. 3 and recommend it over the other options. You might already know this, but you will be heard mostly only if you add flourishes -- especially single notes placed carefully to cut through the other sonorities.

[LUTE] Re: A440?

A dime in pitch is a lot less than a quarter. Tune it up, you should be fine. Going up from 415 would be a whole 'nother matter; THAT would be out of the question without a re-stringing. You would really have to be skating on the edge for 10 cents of pitch to make the diff between flying

[LUTE] Re: A440?

> On Aug 7, 2017, at 5:47 PM, Gary Boye wrote: > > Lute List members, Help! > I've been asked to play on some Lully excerpts from Le Bourgeois > Gentilhomme in early October. I have a theorbo, lute, Baroque guitar . > . . no problem. But the conductor wants to do it

[LUTE] A440?

Lute List members, Help! I've been asked to play on some Lully excerpts from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme in early October. I have a theorbo, lute, Baroque guitar . . . no problem. But the conductor wants to do it A440. All of my instruments are strung for A430 (and one A415). My