Dear lutenists, Here is some non lute (so "OT") info, but it is about music, or at least about sound... And about the Harmony of the Spheres, which is so dear to us lutenistis... :-)
I made a sounding Java applet - "graphical virtual instrument"? - for playing "The Harmony of the Spheres". Perhaps someone is interested? If my earlier applets did not work in your system, this will neither... ;-( And the opposite. You can find the "graphical virtual instrument" in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/Episyklofoni/ and some explanations of the idea in page http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/Episyklofoni/What.html >From that page: "Music and astronomy had (and perhaps still have? ;-) much in common: The movements of the planets have interesting analogies in musical intervals and harmonies. That is why there is the concept of 'The Harmony of the Spheres'. Many composers, musicians, astronoms and astrologs thought - and perhaps still think? - that music is sounding astronomy and the planets, Moon and Sun are playing the celestial music! My program, Episyklofoni, is based on those ideas. The epicyclic movement in the 'space' makes sounds, the 'celestial harmonies' can be heard." :-) All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
