Precisely, David. ed
At 10:48 PM 9/22/2006 +0200, LGS-Europe wrote: >>playing, but I would get an all-around better instrument that would serve >>all purposes, so something in "g" would work best. > >Absolutely. And if _small_ size matters for you, try and find a lute of 58 >to 60cm tuned in g'. That is smallest for g' in 440, still practical. 64cm >will get you into trouble if you want to tune it to g' at 440 with several >kinds of strings (not just gut). > >David > >> >>ed >> >>At 03:54 PM 9/22/2006 -0400, Kay Lay wrote: >>>Thanks, everyone, for your advice! I got two recommendations for >>>Marcello and an e-mail from him, so I am strongly considering his >>>6-course Duiffopruchar: >>>http://www.armandpilon.com/galleries/duiffo6.html >>> >>>Another lute I really liked was the Descant by Larry Brown: >>>http://lkbrownviolins.com/descant_lute.htm >>> >>>And the third, the most beautiful one: >>>http://www.lucianofaria.com/Imagens/WendelioVenere1.jpg >>>It is also the cheapest (perhaps because of the 44 cm string-length), >>>and is a treble lute; I'm not sure what difference this makes. >>> >>>Anyway, does anyone have an opinion on which one I ought to choose? >>>They are all fine lutes, I think. >>> >>> >>> >>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >>Edward Martin >>2817 East 2nd Street >>Duluth, Minnesota 55812 >>e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>voice: (218) 728-1202 >> >> >> > Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
