That's my point, we just think to play like they used to do in the past, but now and then something comes out to show us we are still far away...
Donatella ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Schall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lutelist" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 11:08 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings and nails- Dalla Casa > Dear Donatella, > > it seems one of the mysteries to be solved in the future are those of > string > making. Mimmo is doing a great Job as well as manufacturer as as > researcher > but I think I won't be wrong if I would say: We still don't have an idea > of > how the strings were produced. We just need to accept the fact that there > were players using nails playing gut strings - conclusion could be that > our > string material is not of the same quality than that they had. > > Dear Danyel, > could you provide an email, a postal adress and/or telephone number of > Nick > Baldock. I've already heard of him and that he would produce great strings > but lost the contact details. Possibly others on this list would be > interested, too. > > Best wishes > Thomas > > Am Sonntag, 30. Oktober 2005 00:01 schrieben Sie: >> Hi Donatella, >> >> that is very interesting. >> As for gut strings surviving nails, we should bear in mind that prior to >> the 1940s all kinds of instruments were played with gut strings, >> including >> Milanese mandolins, the oud etc.; I don't know what gut strings you use, >> but the ones provided by Nick Baldock survive years of strong plucking >> with >> a stiff eagle feather on a daily basis. the third course on my Timurid >> lute >> has been on ever since I got the instrument 3 years ago and hasn't even >> frailed yet. I think gut is actually a very strong material. >> Is the story about Francesco not more like a legend? >> >> Best wishes, >> danyel >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Donatella Galletti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, October 29, 2005 11:26 PM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Gut strings and nails- Dalla Casa >> >> > Dear All, >> > >> > I'm just going through the book by Dalla Casa ( BTW, some pieces are >> > in >> > tablature on my web site, perhaps anybody out there is willing to add a >> > piece? ), and there is a portrait of him playing his "arciliuto >> > francese" >> > ( which is in fact an archlute). >> > Cristoforetti in his introduction of the SPES edition says the strings >> >> were >> >> > made of gut , nevertheless Dalla Casa played with long nails, as it can >> > be seen in the picture. Doesn't a gut string get worn out in two days, >> > when played like that? Were gut strings different from ours? Any >> > suggestions? >> > >> > Francesco da Milano used to play with long silver "nails", and this is >> >> also >> >> > something which exceeds my understanding of gut resistance.. >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > Donatella >> > >> > >> > http://web.tiscali.it/awebd >> > >> > >> > >> > To get on or off this list see list information at >> > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > Thomas Schall > Niederhofheimer Weg 3 > D-65843 Sulzbach > 06196/74519 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ab 15.7. neue Adresse: > Wiesentalstrasse 41 > CH-8355 Aadorf > ++41 (0) 52 365 00 04 > > http://www.lautenist.de > http://www.lautenist.de/bduo/ > http://www.lautenist.de/gitarre/ > http://www.tslaute.de/weiss/ > > >
