"John Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > What can I use to tighten the tuning pegs? One has a tendency to slip > every time I try to adjust the tuning. The lute came with a little > piece of black wax labelled 'Peg Paste', but it looks like it might > lubricate the peg rather than add traction. What is the best material > for a) giving pegs more friction
Chalk should do the trick. > Secondly, my lute has the bass strings all tuned in octaves. Bass strings means from 6th course downward or from 4th course downward? > I mostly > play Dowland, and seem to recall that he said octave tuning was > 'contrary to the laws of music'. As far as I know, tht bears on octaves with the 4th and 5th courses. Octaves with bass courses from the 6th course downward was not disputed. > This makes me inclined to restring my > lute with all unison tuning, and I'm wondering if this will drastically > affect the tension and do something awful to the lute! Shouldn't do any harm as long as you keep the tension. Mathias > Andreas Schlegel wrote: > > Dear Josh > > > > It's not usual to make advertising, but in this case, it could be > > helpful for you: > > > > I wrote and published a book (end of December 2006) with the title > > "The Lute in Europe. A History to Delight". It's just a book for a > > person like you who like to get an overview on all the different > > types of lute, the ideas behind the several forms of lutes etc. Have > > a look on my homepage www.lutecorner.ch under "NEW..." > > > > It depends from the country where you live which way will be the > > cheapest one to buy it. You will find informations there. > > > > Have a nice day! > > > > Andreas > > > > > > > > The Lute Corner > > Andreas Schlegel > > Eckstr. 6 > > CH-5737 Menziken > > Schweiz > > +41 (0)62 771 47 07 > > www.lutecorner.ch > > > > Am 27.04.2007 um 21:54 schrieb Josh Winters: > > > > > >> Hello everyone, > >> > >> > >> > >> I'm new to this mailing list, having only been here for about a week. > >> > >> > >> > >> I do not play the lute, but I have always enjoyed the sound of lute > >> music, and over time I've become interested in learning to play. > >> However, during my research I have found too many conflicting > >> answers to > >> my questions. I hope nobody minds me asking them here. > >> > >> > >> > >> To the best of my knowledge, the music I enjoy the most is from > >> England, > >> approximately mid 1500s, maybe even most of that century. If I > >> wanted to > >> start by learning the music of that period, which lute would you > >> recommend? I know that different eras would require different > >> setups, so > >> I want to make sure I don't buy the wrong thing and get stuck playing > >> other music (although, I'd probably still enjoy it). > >> > >> > >> > >> Also, would you recommend a different mailing list? > >> > >> > >> > >> Thank you very much for your help, and I apologize if I was a bother, > >> > >> > >> > >> Josh To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
