Dear Michael, how are you? I'm glad you're back here in "lute world"!
I don't have the recording of T.Satoh but do know he is a very fine player. Actually the sound of a recording doesn't necessarily reproduce the sound of the "real world" (the sound of a lute lives much in the room it is played and the sound on a recording doesn't necessarily reproduce the sound an audience will hear but rather the sound ideal of the recording technician and/or the player) and as a second point it often depends on the player and his/her way to produce sounds what is coming out - I mean: you need to compare the sound of the same instrument played by the same player playing the same kind of music one time with gut and the second time with nylgut to have a valid distinction. I hope I'm note fined for my recording though it seems a matter of taste if you like the repertoire and playing. Best wishes Thomas Am Mit, 2003-11-19 um 10.58 schrieb Michael Stitt: > 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 --
