> I do not feel like joining the legions of people who seem to fight with > you. There are about 4 or 5. I wouldn't call them a legion.....
> Wire harps WERE in existence in early Ireland and Scotland, According to Jon Murph the Celts also had jet propulsion and cold fusion at least since Roman times. > whether you like it or not. > The 14th century does qualify was "early". Do I dispute that? (although I would have used word "earlyish").......> RT >>> From an encyclopedia: >> "History of wire production >> Wire was originally made by beating the metal out into plates, which were >> then cut into continuous strips, and afterwards rounded by beating. The art >> of wire-drawing does not appear to have been known until the 14th century, >> and it was not introduced into England before the second half of the 17th >> century. ...." >> RT >> ______________ >> Roman M. Turovsky >> http://polyhymnion.org/swv >> >> >> >>> Wire strings were not "deemed an implausibility" on early harps - it was >>> used for centuries. The Irish had developed the technique of >>> wire-drawing which not only gave them magnificent-sounding harps (as >>> evidenced by the rapt verbal descriptions of their contemporaries) but >>> also allowed for the finely-wrought metal work on early Celtic jewelry >>> and other historical treasures. If you read the written accounts of >>> the Medieval Irish harpers (who travelled all over the continent) both >>> they and their instruments seem to have been king of the mountain. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
