"Arto Wikla" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> a LONGER VIBRATING TONE. > > I strongly doubt that! Many, perhaps most of us(?), used some time ago > the wound pyramid basses. Those modern guitar style strings have very > long vibrating tone. And most of us(?) wanted to get rid of long > vibrating tones, which made an archlute or theorbo sound like a grand > piano played with pedal down...
yes, indeed. In August I attended a recital with music by Weiss, played on a 13c swan-neck with endlessly vibrating wound basses. Couldn't help falling asleep (my way of resistance in hopeless situations of that kind). A week ago, I had a newly built swan-neck (after Martin Hoffmann) in my hands that was strung with nylgut all over, i. e. down to the 13th course. The maker was afraid it might *plopp* too much with the very tone fading too soon. But I enjoyed it very much. It was strong and clear and had an percussive element that considerably contributed to the rhythmical structure of the music. -- Cheers, Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
