Dear Chris, Marc, and any other interested:
You can find the book I am referring to on Worldcat, from where you
can get interlibrary loan information:
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/33968883
Sadly, you can't purchase it from the foundation, since the book (2
vols) is out of print (here's a link to the cover photo: http://
www.fbarrie.org/fundacion/jsp/catalogo/080700.jpg
The great thing is that articles that were originally in Spanish have
been translated to English, and those originally in French or English
to Spanish also, so the volumes are trilingual. Let me know if you
need any help with any of the articles.
Right now, the article on wood and its selection, by Luciano Perez,
might be of special interest...
Cheers,
Vlad
Wolodymyr Smishkewych
wolodymyrsmishkewych.com
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On Feb 03 2008, at 17:39, Chris Nogy wrote:
I'd LOVE some information from them. I read technical German (my
first love is the medieval crossbow, and all the best information
is in German), I don't read any Spanish.
BTW, do you know Ain Haas? He has been a wealth of information in
our building of baltic and Russian lyres and psaltery. Just
wondered, as I have heard that Indiana has a really tight bunch of
ethnic musicologists, music and instrument historians, and a well
rounded community of players of more unusual instruments and music
styles, and he has been active there in many roles.
Chris Nogy
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On 2/3/2008 at 11:01 AM Wolodymyr Smishkewych wrote:
Chris,
I don't know if you read Spanish, but are you familiar with the
books written about the reconstruction of the Portico de la Gloria
instruments and all manner of topics surrounding them? In it,
Luciano Perez of Lugo's CADG discusses some of the very interesting
topics that went into the whole process--in even more detail than
in Rault's organistrum book. Let me know if you;d like some info
from them.
Vlad
Wolodymyr Smishkewych
wolodymyrsmishkewych.com
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On Feb 03 2008, at 10:36, Chris Nogy wrote:
OK, the 5" thick plank of black walnut has finally satbilized at
around 9%, so I can start cutting.
This is my "build a gurdy that COULD have been built at the time
of the first trompettes" project, and by various iconographic
evidence that was somewhere in the 1300's to 1400's. I have
borrowed from what I know of instrument design in the period for
shape, size, all that other rot, but I have only 1 question left.
I have asked this before, but I got so many answers I am hoping
this time around the responses will be simpler.
I am not looking to build a modern instrument that looks like a
period piece. I am looking to build a period piece to learn what
it might have sounded like, and to play with a gregorian group
that is local to our area. (Yes, I know, my sinphone should be
what I use for that, or an organistrum, but I want to try this
thing).
The instrument will be a carved body, not rib-built. Is there any
evidence from this early that curved soundboards were common (not
carved yet, but simply curved), or should I stick to a flat top
which I KNOW I can document to the period, at least on a whole lot
of other stringed instruments.
Again, I am not trying to build a modern instrument in disguise, I
am trying to build a really first-class period instrument. But
one that is significantly pre-Bosch, an instrument with a
trompette that could be set down in any great hall of the time and
a local builder would not have any reason to question if it is
proper.
Chris Nogy
