Dear Thomas, Ed made a recommendation to listen to Toyohiko Satoh's recording of the cello suites 1,2,4 on BL with particular emphasis on the sound of the lower bass strings. I do have this recording and must confess I listened with more focus on the quality of sound, and - yes - was impressed. I have not changed my strings for two years! and they definitely need a change. I just fear that the fourteenth course will rattle? I believe you have produced a fined recording of Baroque lute music containing contemporary music. Well done! Best wishes, Michael.
Thomas Schall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Ed and the rest of the list, I tried gut and confess it's the better choice regarding sound etc. I needed to get used to the feeling of gut on the fingers - I felt like glued on the strings the first time I tried to play them. The KO for gut and the reason to change back to nylgut was that the first chantarelle broke after three days of usage (the second lasted 4 days). Maybe it was bad luck - but gut is rather expensive and I didn't feel the sound would have so much so I decided to change back to nylgut. Anyway - I would give it another try if someone could recommend a better quality (I was recommended Kürschner's Luxline but asking for the price - 450 bucks for a set of strings - is was out of the question). Thomas Am Mit, 2003-11-19 um 01.34 schrieb Michael Stitt: > Ed, > > I was referring primarily to that low Gg which resonants very low indeed. It just > reminds me of stretched gum - as a kid - as it resonates. > > I will try it and will follow your recommendation. > > Many thanks. > > Michael. > > Edward Martin wrote: > > > At 09:23 AM 11/18/03 -0800, Michael Stitt wrote: > >I can't imagine what gut strings would sound like on the fourteenth course > >- a low Gg. A bit like chuing gum!! > > Michael, you would be very surprised if you were to try it. I use gut to > the 13th course, in low A, and it works very, very well. It is a much > improved sound over overspun wounds, in my opinion. Chewing gum? What do > you mean? > > Listen to Toyohiko Satoh's recent JS Bach recording on Channel > Classics. He recorded the CD on an entirely gut strung baroque lute, and > it does not "sound like gum", in my opinion. The sound is crisp, clean, > and beautiful. > > >But seriously, those wound metal strings have so much power and would be > >very much missed if replaced with unstable gut. > > Hmmmmm......... you seem to imply that wound metal strings are more > "powerful" than gut. Do you mean louder? They are not louder. My gut > basses are just as loud, if not louder than overspun strings. The metal > wound strings have a slower response, and a long sustain, which is not > desirable, in my opinion. The gut is as loud, is faster in sound, but it > has a rapid decay, which I consider an asset. And, they are certainly > beautiful sounding. > > I agree with your statement that the wound metal strings would be missed if > replaced with unstable gut. But, why not replace them with stable gut? If > you think that all gut is unstable, that is not true. The quality of > available gut has greatly improved; I have performed for the past 7 to 8 > years in gut, and have not had tuning trouble. > > Edward Martin > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard > -- -- Thomas Schall Niederhofheimer Weg 3 D-65843 Sulzbach 06196/74519 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.lautenist.de / www.tslaute.de/weiss -- --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard --
