Beste Teun Take your lutes to someone who can tell you a bit more. Where do you live? If you go to Sebastian Nunez in Utrecht he will not only give you good advice, but strings as well.
David ************************************ David van Ooijen Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Http://www.davidvanooijen.nl ************************************ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Teun van Oosterhoudt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Christopher Witmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "List Lute" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 4:01 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Can anyone provide some insight into this instrument for me? > Hello all, > > I never posted anything here, but I follow discussions with interest. > Thanks > to all! > Now I saw this question, and I thought answers would come quickly. > > My specific interest was raised as I myself have bought 2 lutes recently, > coming from Germany. I live in the Netherlands, by the way. The thing is I > don't know much about these lutes and am still looking for info. One of > these lutes is quite similar to your lute, and also the case looks similar > (the inside material: this could be an indication or does it look like > this > mostly?). My lutes come from East-Germany as one (8c) is build in 1977 in > Neumarkkirchen by Gunter Penzel. The other one is a 10c ren. lute with no > name of the maker, but the former owner told me she had it build in > East-Germany around 1980. That is all she knows. This is the one looking > like yours. So my lutes are both from East Germany around 1980, as could > be > yours. On the internet there is very little to find about this and of > course > it was a closed country at that time. > > Now the lutes I own have bridges on the soundboard, one of wood and the > other in white, probably something synthetic/plastic. Looking at your > picture, I think I also see a white bridge. It that true? I did notice > this > to be unusual. It seems most lutes do not have a bridge (like a guitar) at > all! The strings are simply tied there. > > I know little about lute-making, but from my lutes I can see it is really > all very carefully made, real quality. And I did find that Neumarkkirchen > is > well known for instruments building in Germany and abroad. > > I am still trying to get proper strings, so I can't tell about the sound. > I > can make some pictures though. > > I hope this helps a bit. I would be very pleased if anyone can provide > more > info. Someone made a remark about lutes from Germany around 1970 being > heavy > and not very lute-like to play. Where does this come from and how can you > tell it is a such a lute? For instance, the weight of the instrument? > > Regards, > Teun van Oosterhoudt > > 2006/3/26, Christopher Witmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >> I have been advised by a total ignoramus about lutes that another >> person, who is also a total ignoramus about lutes, has one gathering >> dust at his place and would be willing to sell it for "whatever would be >> a fair price." >> >> Since I know very little about lutes myself, I thought I should link the >> images here and ask for help in identifying the instrument and >> guesstimating what might be a fair price to offer for it (if anything). >> >> I do know that it looks nice in the pictures! (Doh!) >> >> This would be used by my daughter (age 13, 168-9cm, large hands) who is >> soon going to switch from piano (at which she is quite good) to lute, >> since she has been totally in love with Renaissance and baroque music >> for many years. I had been thinking of a smallish Renaissance lute with >> 7-8 courses for her to start with, and I suspect this instrument might >> be a bit of a stretch for her at first, but if it is worth buying and >> hanging on to at a certain price, I might make an offer. If it turns out >> to be less than ideal for her as a beginning instrument, we can continue >> the search for something better suited and save this instrument for when >> she reaches the right point in her development and needs it to play >> pieces for which a lute with fewer courses would be inappropriate . . . >> >> Here are the images; any helpful advice would be GREATLY appreciated. >> >> http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4571/lute12wl.jpg >> >> http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5471/lute25tg.jpg >> >> http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7404/lute32gx.jpg >> >> Thanks! >> >> Chris Witmer >> Tokyo >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > > -- >
