Re: 14 course German theorbo?

. I moved the 14th over so there is a bigger space between 13 and 14. Also-just call it what it is-a baroque lute. The difference in sound is barely noticable. Sterling Price --- Michael Stitt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear all, Am I right to assume that Bach's music is the only music

Re: Double 1st

Weren't many re-entrant theorbos strung with a double first? And especially bass lutes? I have been wanting to try a theorbo with all double courses. I have heard that they were more common historicaly than now. Sterling Price __ Do you Yahoo!? Find out what made

Re: Converting a lute into a theorbo

Dear lutenetters, Here is a reply from a series of questions which I (privately) put to Arto about converting a lute into a theorbo. Since so many lutes were converted to so many different configurations historicaly, this sort of thing seems like a good way to learn more about lute

Re: Sorry, help me....what to buy????

I am not clear on the problem here-you want to get rid of a good lute because it has a small crack in the sound board? If this is so the lute is not the instrument for you. Sterling Price __ Do you Yahoo!? Vote for the stars of Yahoo!'s

Re: Recommend a quiet table fan?

Also, I don't know if this is an option for you, but a ceiling fan should be fairly quiet. Just be careful if you play an archlute or theorbo in the same room as a ceiling fan. Sterling Price __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail

6-course vihuela by Dias

of 7 string experiment. The hole is there to hang the stinker on the wall. Sterling Price __ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

Re: Vihuela vs guitar

of it like carrying a heavy load: with a baroque lute I have a wheel barrow, with the ren lute I am carrying the load on my shoulders. Sterling Price --- Roman Turovsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have an opinion on that as well, but that would hurt a lot of feelings out there. So I'll abstain. RT

Re: Stephen Stubbs CD

The Stubbs performance of the Weiss C major suite on this disc is not to be missed. Wait til you hear the courante and the allegro. This allegro is probably as difficult and dramatic as the baroque lute gets and Stubbs more than does it justice. Oh you are in for a treat! Sterling Price Hello

Re: thoughts on low tension on Baroque lutes

lute I would immedeatly convert it to 13. Sterling Price --- Edward Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: baroque lute. In consulting Dan Larson, he thought it was a great idea, and as there is precedence for doing this, he did it. He had to: 1. Make a new neck peg box 2. Make a new bridge 3

Re: thoughts on low tension on Baroque lutes

for lutes, but DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. Earlier lutes just don't have enough wood to hold 13 courses. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv From: sterling price [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been interested in this for a while. It seems to me to be a valuable

Re: thoughts on low tension on Baroque lutes

THIS AT HOME. Earlier lutes just don't have enough wood to hold 13 courses. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv From: sterling price [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been interested in this for a while. It seems to me to be a valuable insight

Re: thoughts on low tension on Baroque lutes

lutes. This is not as bad as cello-pins for lutes, but DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. Earlier lutes just don't have enough wood to hold 13 courses. RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv From: sterling price [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been interested

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Koyunbabaroque

I assume the person played it on baroque lute because the piece uses a a guitar tuning that is similar to the d minor tuning. Must have been fun. Sterling Price --- Howard Posner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, Jul 29, 2006, at 05:52 America/Los_Angeles, Roman Turovsky wrote: I

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Minor sharp keys?

Yes there is a menuet by Weiss in the London book that is in B minor. It is the only Weiss I have seen in this key. Its on page 155 in the Peters edition. There is also a sarabande in E minor by Weiss from a G major suite, and that is the only E minor Weiss. This is strange because these 2 keys

[LUTE-BUILDER] Hide Glue

Hi all, I just have a question about hide glue. What is the best gram strength to use for lutes? I have been using #192 on my first lute, but a friend uses #315. Do people use different strengths on different parts of the lute? Sterling Price

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: String spacing. Please Help

My lutes have a spacing of 15.7, but I do have large hands (one of the lutes has a 75.6 cm string length, and the other is 74). The bridge spacing certainly does affect the right hand technique. The real problem is when you have 2 lutes with different bridge spacings and you try to play them on

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Quietness of playing (was: magnesium)

Well first of all he plays over the rose. And he stops the basses so fast that one can't hear them. Sterling --- Arto Wikla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 18 September 2007 15:21, henk wrote: .[..] I went to a concert [...] given by Hopkinson Smith [...]. Although I was sitting in the

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: toirtoiseshell fingerboards

- Original Message From: Jon Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think a lot of the old boys would have appreciated a band saw, or other modern conveniences. Best, Jon I have never really understood this kind of thinking with regard to historical things. If 'the old boys' were alive today

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: a pedestrian question of course widths

I think it depends on how many courses the lute has and how big the hands are, but for the 13c baroque lute I think a good size for bridge spacing is around 15.4 cm. The lutes I play are 15.7cm which is quite large. I have a real hard time on lutes with smaller spacing. The exact space between

[LUTE] Re: Frets

Hi-regarding lowering the action of a lute-I just had it done by the maker to one of my lutes a month ago. First he took off most of the soundboard (not all the way off). Then he planned down the ribs about 1 mm, thus lowering the soundboard and the action. It worked beautifully and the lute

[LUTE] Re: Lute Makeover?

I say go for it. I think there is much to be learned from this type of thing-converting old lutes into something new and -perhaps- better. Sterling - Original Message From: Stephen Arndt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, June 20, 2008 11:12:46 AM Subject: [LUTE]

[LUTE] Re: Decisions, decisions

Hi-If you are interested in the baroque lute, you should get one. You just might find the left hand fingerings easier on the fingers than the ren-lute. As to the question of how many courses-that should be determined by the music you want to play. Get a 13 course if you like Weiss and Bach, or

[LUTE] Re: Missing weiss

The missing part to the courante was recontructed by Stephen Stubbs and you can hear it on his recording. It is very convincing. The 1939 version was I think composed by Hans Neeman and does not really fit the rest of the courante at all. Sterling - Original Message From: Nigel

[LUTE] Re: theorbo stringing

I was wondering about the 15 and 16 course theorbos in this respect. I think the last 2 courses are tuned to the high F# and G#. And then there is the 19 course theorbo with even more chromatic notes. Sterling - Original Message From: David van Ooijen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Lute

[LUTE] Re: ReFrets

Hi-I always use the biggest frets I can get away with. When I first get a lute I usually find that the frets are too small for me and the lute sounds choked. There is a very marked improvement with bigger frets. Sterling - Original Message From: Roman Turovsky lu...@polyhymnion.org

[LUTE] Re: Download Gerwig Recordings

Hi-Can anyone comment on the type of lutes Gerwig used? I seem to remember hearing that he used some kind of 10 course in ren tuning even for the baroque music. Sterling - Original Message From: damian dlugolecki dam...@teleport.com To: Peter Jones pjones...@toucansurf.com;

[LUTE] Re: New lute music

And an entertaining poll: What is the colour of your F-major and E-major? Those two are clearest to me: to me there are no other alternatives to these two. D-major perhaps could be yellow? A-minor grey possible? C-major white? Well, that's enough... Best, Arto Hi-This is commonly known as

[LUTE] Re: New lute music

And an entertaining poll: What is the colour of your F-major and E-major? Those two are clearest to me: to me there are no other alternatives to these two. D-major perhaps could be yellow? A-minor grey possible? C-major white? Well, that's enough... Best, Arto Hi-This is commonly known as

[LUTE] Re: Narciso Yepes and the lute

Hi-regarding Yepes early recordings of Bach, what about the much earlier recordings of Podolski(sp?). Anyone have info on these recordings? I have one old LP and it is truly horrid. By the way, the Yepes Bach Lute LPs can often be found on ebay--thats where I got mine. Sterling -

[LUTE] Re: Closure of VA Instrument Gallery

The VA has my two favorite lutes--the massively ornate J.H. Goldt baroque lute and the almost as impressive Rauch baroque lute. When ever I am in London I make it a point to see themsigh. Sterling - Original Message From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com Cc: Lute List

[LUTE] Re: New frets

You can also tighten loose frets by doing a similar thing: pull the fret toward the nut, then loosen the knot and burn it down a few millimeters. Then put the fret back in place and it will be tighter. -Sterling Subject: [LUTE] Re: New frets Something you can do to improve worn frets if

[LUTE] Re: geared pegs and Dan Larson's lute

I for one would like to go on record and and say that these geared tuner things are an abomination. Well made normal pegs are just fine. These geared things seem to be an attempt to compensate for poor pegs. Sterling - Original Message From: Eugene C. Braig IV brai...@osu.edu To:

[BAROQUE-LUTE] E Major Concerto

Hi-Does anyone know where I can find the E Major Concerto by Karl Kohaut? I know its located in the Berlin Stadt Bibliothek but I'm not sure how to get it.   Thanks, Sterling To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Airlines and Instruments

I always gate-check my baroque lute. I haven't had any problems so far. One time I gate checked it all the way to England with no trouble... Sterling   - Original Message From: Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp To: LuteNet list lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sat, July 17, 2010

[LUTE] Re: lute piece by Brian Wright (and fret n)

Most lutes have way too small body frets as they come from the maker. I always make bigger more suitable frets on my lutes. This often means that they get -taller- as they go up from fret K, especially if there is 14 frets. Of course this all depends on the action of the lute. --Sterling

[LUTE] Re: lute piece by Brian Wright (and fret n)

- Original Message From: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com To: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com; Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Mon, December 13, 2010 12:06:33 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] lute piece by Brian Wright (and fret n) Most lutes have way too small body frets

[LUTE] Re: lute piece by Brian Wright (and fret n)

I use the 14th fret for works of Bach such as the chacone and BWV 997 which I play in d minor. The high frets on my lutes sound great. Sterling - Original Message From: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com To: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com; Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com

[LUTE] Re: Weiss

Hi- You could always just do what I did when I first got an archlute: tune it in dminor tuning. It works. Sterling - Original Message From: Bruno Correia bruno.l...@gmail.com To: List LUTELIST lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wed, January 19, 2011 7:55:07 PM Subject: [LUTE] Weiss   Does

[LUTE] Re: Mace

Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mace   You couldn't get better encouragement than from Mace. He tells how   'easy' the Baroque lute is compared to those of the past.   Good luck. Mace is absolutely right about this. Much easier -Sterling Price   On Jul 17, 2011, at 2:25 AM, brentlynk wrote

[LUTE] Re: Mace

brentl...@bellsouth.net To: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sun, July 17, 2011 9:26:47 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Mace Hi, Sterling and Ed, Part of me wants to believe you when you say baroque lute is easier, and I do recall having read that...the chords do

[LUTE] Re: Mace

I think it was last year at the seminar in Cleveland that Andy Rutherford had what he called his 'Mace' lute. It was a very charming 12 course lute based on what Mace describes and also on half of the dyophone(sp?) lute shown in Mace's book. --Sterling - Original Message From:

[LUTE] Re: An article from today's Wall Street Journal

In July I sent an ebony baroque lute to Canada from the US without any problems. -Sterling From: Guy Smith guy_m_sm...@comcast.net To: 'William Samson' willsam...@yahoo.co.uk; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 1:34 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: An article from

[LUTE] Re: long strings?damping

Hi- Even with gut strings on say a baroque lute it is still good to damp the strings, otherwise it sounds messy. Also just for articulation. If you listen to the top players of today damping basses is very common. There are different techniques for damping and it soon becomes

[LUTE] Re: long strings?

As any good luthier will tell you today, hide glue is still superior to modern glue for several reasons. --Sterling Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings? Or, As I enjoy assuming, the old ones used the best they had, and if they'd had epoxy glue and nylon strings that's what they'd

[LUTE] Re: long strings?

From: sterling price Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:30 AM To: Garry Warber ; [1]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: long strings? As any good luthier will tell you today, hide glue is still superior to modern glue for several reasons. --Sterling Subject: [LUTE

[LUTE] Re: mandora/gallichon music (and something modern)

Hey, I helped build that instrumentgood to hear it! --Sterling From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2011 5:16 PM Subject: [LUTE] mandora/gallichon music (and something modern) I have loaned the UK Lute

[LUTE] Re: Bach 995 Prelude and Fugue

Hi- Good performance. I have been working on this suite lately too. I like to have the 13th course down to G, or I play it in A minor. I used to have a 14 course baroque lute that I wish I still had. -Sterling From: JOSEPH CALABRESE joseph.calabr...@usa.net To:

[LUTE] Re: BWV 998

I have all these recordings of the lute-harpsichord and one thing has bothered me--the baroque lute has octave strings for the bass and the lute harpsichord almost never replicates this so it sounds more like a theorbo. Still fun though. There is even a guy on ebay selling

[LUTE] Re: Hagen vids

Hi-so who made your lute? I was thinking of You tubing the f minor Hagen sonata. That is my favorite along with the Eb major(or D#major!) sonata. --Sterling From: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com To: Lutelist lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, October 24, 2011 5:41 AM

[LUTE] Re: Andante and Gigue for gallichon (Brescianello...?)

I had a great time helping build that mandora. David Van Edwards is the best --Sterling From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com To: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 7:50 AM Subject: [LUTE] Andante and Gigue for gallichon (Brescianello...?)

[LUTE] Re: Buzzing [was Gut strings]

From: Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net To: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com Cc: Lutelist LUTELIST lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 7:10 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Buzzing [was Gut strings] Hi-I often practice this technique--playing only the 6th course

[LUTE] Archlute by Dan Larson for sale

- Forwarded Message - From: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com To: baroque lute list baroque-l...@cs.dartmouth.edu; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2012 9:44 PM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Archlute by Dan Larson for sale Hi folks

[LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: Bach’s Lute Suites: This Moose is Blasted

Hi-sorry if this has been discussed in this thread, but consider Bach's BWV 1025 for violin and harpsichord which was only recently (1993) discovered to be based on a lute suite by Weiss. Did Weiss supply Bach with a score in staff notation, or did Bach read from the tab?

[LUTE] Tiorbino

Hi all- Many years ago I strung my attiorbato as a tiorbino and it worked quite well. I only kept it that way for a while though as I wanted to try other things. Anyway I was thinking of doing it again and I have a few questions about tiorbinos. Were they always single strung or

[LUTE] Re: Allemande in d minor by SLW

I'm so Proud:). He has only been playing a few months. --Sterling From: Adam Olsen arol...@gmail.com To: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 9:01 PM Subject: [LUTE] Allemande in d minor by SLW Tried my hand at this YouTube stuff. I figured you folks

[LUTE] Attiorbato

Hi--Last week I asked the list about tuning my 14 course attiorbato as a tiorbino...well I decided to keep it as a liuto attiorbato. I had not played it at all for several years and I am now having a blast playing some of the archlute rep as well as ren lute music including Dowland

[LUTE] Re: A special request (Kapsberger)

Arthur--any idea what Yale paid for this book? Just wondering --Sterling From: A. J. Ness arthurjn...@verizon.net To: hera caius caiush2...@yahoo.com; Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 3:41 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: A special request (Kapsberger)

[LUTE-BUILDER] Archlute Bridge

Hi-I'm not sure if this list is still active so here goes---I have a small archlute with a bridge that is made of ebony and I would like to replace it with something more appropriate. Also because the string spacing and action is all wrong. My question is--what is involved in

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Archlute Bridge

after it got here. Now the split goes almost the whole top but it has not hurt playability. Perhaps I should just make a new soundboard I will keep you all posted on what I do. --Sterling From: Richard Lees rel...@sbcglobal.net To: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Archlute Bridge

Hi--I am sure that the bridge is ebony because I have drilled/enlarged several holes on it and its black dust all the way though. I am worried about the braces and the soundboard. Here in Utah the humidity often gets as low as 5-10%(like today). I am still looking for someone to do

[LUTE] Re: Best Body Frets?

I am quite picky about body frets. I always use a hard material like ebony or rosewood. On my holly lute the body frets are a holly/ebony/holly sandwich and on another lute I have ebony/ivory sandwich. These lutes sound great in high positions. --Sterling From: Stephan Olbertz

[LUTE] Re: Best Body Frets?

Hi-they are not parallel to the soundboard. The layers are quite thin but with three layers it becomes a big fret. I used a drum sander to make the thin layers. -Sterling From: Ed Durbrow edurb...@sea.mail.or.jp To: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com; LuteNet list lute

[LUTE] Re: What is the point of synthetics?

Hi--this is interesting. Sometimes I have left a carbon and silver strung 13 course lute for months of not playing and then take it out of the case and -all- the strings are still in tune. I do live in a very dry stable climate though... --Sterling From: Claudia Funder

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Pitch center on a 10 cs. lute

I have an 8 string guitar with an A first string at 65cm at 440. The size of the string is 0.41 and it sounds geat. It has been tuned up to pitch since 2008. I think it is nylon and I got it off my baroque lute. --Sterling From: Din Ghani d...@sardin.co.uk To: 'Paul Daverman'

[LUTE-BUILDER] Peg Sharpener Source

Hi all- Just wondering about a good source to get a peg sharpener in the US. The sharpener that Stewart-Macdonald has doesnt seem right for lute pegs... --Sterling -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Peg Sharpener Source

I made a shaper a while ago per the David Van Edwards but I wanted a comercial one. I just ordered a Chinese these thing from Ebay so I hope that works. --Sterling From: Andrew Hartig cittern2...@theaterofmusic.com To: lute-buil...@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Monday, March 4, 2013

[LUTE] Big Fret Help

Hi all-- I recently changed the frets on my baroque lute (after many years of service). I went up from 1.10 mm to 1.20 mm on all frets. The problem I am having is there are a few frets that are not sitting all the way flat under the first course so it has a 'choked' sound on some

[LUTE] Re: Big Fret Help

that this feature need not be utilized in the copy lute though. --Sterling __ From: Michael Vollbrecht mollbre...@gmail.com To: sterling price spiffys84...@yahoo.com Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu

[LUTE] Re: Big Fret Help

than I'd like to use. Sean On Jul 16, 2013, at 6:08 PM, sterling price wrote: Hi- There was no problem when this lute had just -slightly- smaller frets. I was hoping there would be some remedy I could do without putting new frets on as they are quite expensive

[LUTE] Re: Liuto forte etc.

Hi--yes that was 2004 in Cleveland. I didn't have plans or a kit but I would modify existing guitars. I started building them again this year. They actually work quite well. Sterling __ From: Dan Winheld

[LUTE] Re: Double wide spacing for polyphony

It's not that hard to change the spacing on an existing lute. There is no reason anyone should be playing a lute that doesn't fit right. --Sterling __ From: Leonard Williams arc...@verizon.net To: lute

[LUTE] Re: Classical Guitar Alive Feature

Chris-- I just heard the interview. Well spoken, and of course wow on the cd. Sterling __ From: Christopher Wilke chriswi...@yahoo.com To: Lutelist List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2013

[LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes

I have been playing an Edlinger baroque lute for 19 years. I think I am partial to lutes of the Edlinger school, more so than Hoffman or Widhalm. I also play a Burkholzer lute which could be considered an Edlinger, as he did the conversion. The Edlinger baroque lute does have a very

[LUTE] Re: Tablature for publication

Regarding hand written music--- If given a choice, I would always prefer hand written tab to computer tab, especially with baroque music. I am baffled why anyone would choose computer over original, when the original is so clear and beautiful. When the original is not legible that

[LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed

Perhaps one reason nails are used on modern classical guitars is the very thick soundboard and high tension strings. On my 19th century Lacote guitar copy, no-nails sounds perfect and full. The sound of nails on plastic strings is sometimes grating to me. On the other hand, for me

[LUTE] Re: Nails and lute playing

Regarding nails on gut strings--even people like Segovia used nails on gut for decades. I like those early recordings of modern guitars strung with gut. I think nylon strings came about after WWII. Sterling On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 7:46 PM, Sean Smith lutesm...@mac.com

[LUTE] Masterclasses

Some of this talk of masterclasses has reminded me of my checkered past with the format. In 1994, when I was 20, I performed in a masterclass of a certain well-known female guitarist. I made the mistake of not using her edition of the Bach I was playing. She was not amused. She was

[LUTE] Kapsperger

I was playing through the 1611 Kapsperge book and I came across the Corrente 7. Toward the end of the piece there is an 11 marked in the bass for the eleventh course B flat. This I think is the only instance of an eleventh course in the book. I was under the impression that

[LUTE] Re: more on the liuto attiorbato

Dear Martin and others-- Could you give advice on specifics for stringing an attiorbato with no wound strings? I have an attiorbato sized 57x85 and it is currently tuned in g at 415hz. All double courses except the top string. At this size should I go to a higher pitch? I would like to try

[LUTE] Narvaez

Hi all--Can someone direct me to an English translation of the instructions in the first book of Delphin de Musica of Narvaez? Yes, I know it is hard to believe but I recently got a nice renaissance lute and I am exploring the six course music for the first time. I can't believe how

[LUTE] Re: Neusidler

Thanks to all who responded to my query. I have ordered the Neusidler 12 Dances from Tree Edition. Sterling __ From: Harald Hamre privat har...@hamre.de To: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net; Lutelist Net

[LUTE] Re: Bach, Prelude from BWV 995

Yes I also usually use the Leipzig version with 13 tuned to G. Also, when I first started the lute I made a version in a minor but I really like the suite in g minor. Sterling __ From: Christopher Wilke

[LUTE] Neusidler

Hi--I am looking for a version of the Teutch Lautenbuch of Melchior Neusidler that is in something other than German Tab. Or do I need to go ahead and try to learn to read German Tab? Thanks all, Sterling -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: The Weiss Guitar

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[LUTE] 7-Course Lute

Hi all-- Some of you may remember my baroque lute made by John Butterfield with ribs and neck made in very white holly. It is a superb lute and no it is not for sale. John stopped building lutes shortly after he built that lute and he would have been one of the great ones had he

[LUTE] Re: [SUSPECTED SPAM] Re: Pegheads on new lute

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[LUTE] Re: Pegheads on new lute

If your lute has shitty, ill fitting pegs then PegHeads might be fine, but it seems that most lute builders know how to make pegs that work just great. When I see PegHeads on early guitars with six strings I seriously feel the need to throw up. Sterling Sent from my iPad On May 26, 2015, at

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

I always use a nice screw to strengthen the pegbox to neck joint as this is the way I was taught in lute building. What do other lute makers do? I am at the moment making a triple beg box for a baroque lute and am about to configure the screw and joint. Lutes always have a screw or nail at the

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

23, 2015, at 3:02 PM, Sterling Price [6]spiffys84...@yahoo.com wrote: Just curious-- has anyone ever had or heard of a pegbox failing because of a strap? It should be fine if one ties the strap as close as possible to the joint. Sterling Sent from my iPad

[LUTE] Re: Addendum

I have been using this lute list since 1995. Sterling Sent from my iPad On Jul 21, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Charles Mokotoff mokot...@gmail.com wrote: Absolutely, thanks Wayne for everything you've done, its been immensely helpful to me. On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Leah Baranov

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

Just curious-- has anyone ever had or heard of a pegbox failing because of a strap? It should be fine if one ties the strap as close as possible to the joint. Sterling Sent from my iPad On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Chris Barker csbarker...@att.net wrote: I have noticed one recurring

[LUTE] Re: Fun interview with Sterling Price

hn Cowley Center for HREM, LE-CSSS B134B Bateman Physical Sciences Building Arizona State University [9]PO Box 871704 [10]Tempe, AZ 85287-1704 On Oct 5, 2015, at 3:02 PM, sterling price <[11]spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu> wrote: It was a neat interview. How woul

[LUTE] Re: Piccinini

Hi--and this brings up a desire of mine to hear more players use a true liuto attiorbato--that is with octave strings on all the basses. I find the liuto attiorbato much more satisfying than the archlute with single basses. And what is really annoying--an attiorbato with single

[LUTE] Re: Taylor Swift

Actually the correct spelling is d'oh! Sent from my iPad > On Sep 2, 2015, at 5:01 PM, Mayes, Joseph wrote: > > Dough!!! > > >> On 9/2/15 5:51 PM, "Braig, Eugene" wrote: >> >> Sorry, Joe. That's Foreigner. >> >> Eugene >> >>

[LUTE] Re: Fun interview with Sterling Price

Barker <csbarker...@att.net> To: 'Charles Mokotoff' <mokot...@gmail.com>; 'LuteNet list' <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, October 5, 2015 2:33 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Fun interview with Sterling Price Let's see here... I have three Trumps, and one that ris

[LUTE] Re: Fun interview with Sterling Price

Unkind perhaps--but so true... Sterling __ From: Ed Durbrow <edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp> To: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com>; LuteNet list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Monday, Octob

[LUTE] John come kiss me now

Can someone direct me to the source of this title as played by O'Dette on the album 'Robin Hood'? Thanks! Sterling -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: John come kiss me now

Thanks to those who directed me to it. I now have it. Sterling __ From: Kyle Patterson <patterk...@gmail.com> To: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com> Cc: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu&g

[LUTE] A Lute of Six Courses

Dear list-- Yesterday I got a new six course lute. This is the first time I have really played one. Question--is there an octave generally on the fourth course? Say for Milano and such. But I also plan to play vihuela music on this, so then no octaves? Sterling -- To

[LUTE] Re: gluing body fret

I'm sure everyone has their own ways to deal with this, but I always just apply a thin layer of white glue on the bottom of the fret (this is about the only place where white glue is acceptable on a lute). Press it down and hold firmly with your hands till dry (2-3 minutes is

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