Anthony, An aiglet, I think it's called.
I still wonder as to how they'd compress the diameter and what the knotting arrangement would be but that's for the engineers to work out. Back to playing... s On Sep 24, 2007, at 8:22 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: > > I would agree with Roman that discussing in detail about a > string which I have only seen on one lute, and which I was unable to > judge, because I am completely unfamiliar with such a huge bass lute, > would seem slightly surrealistic (a little Dodsonian, let us say), > except for the pleasant tone of humour coming from Sean, which gives > me an insight into how well he will no doubt play a "toy". > > However, I do not agree that strings are negligible. They may give a > low percentage of the overall musicality of a lute, and no excellent > string will make a poor lute into musical one, or unfortunately a poor > musician (like myself) into a very musical one, but I do notice that > the careful choice of lute and strings, as well as an adequate > technique can make a difference to the final projection of a player's > performance. I am thinking of someone like Jacob Heringman who > thoughtfully considers all these elements (even microphone placement), > as shown by his interview by Ed Durbrow > http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/Heringman.html (also, possibly Jakob > Lindberg, in that other interview). > > Many players are unhappy with the top string of their lutes, gut is > ideal from the point of view of texture and sound, but will not be > adopted by everyone, because of its fragility. Nylgut does tend to > stretch and become thin and slightly false, nylon less so, but it is > less pleasant to my ears. It is possible that KF* on mid strings and > Titanium-Nylon on the top as reported by the French lutist), could be > a help to continuo players, who want to play loud, but also want a > better sound. This was the possibility that I was reporting on. > (*David Taylor, whose first choice is apparently gut, nevertheless > gave us his recipe for improving KF strings. Looking at his method, it > could take some time in which the lute would not be played, but if the > result is pleasing, it could be well worth the effort. At the same > time, his discussion explains so wel,l why gut strings do sound so > good). > > I understand from Mimmo Peruffo that he might be in a position to make > gut top strings, as strong as nylon. When this happens, if the sound > is as good as the present gut types, there would be little need for a > new string. > I am still hoping > regards > Anthony > > PS I have imagined a gadget that could do the trick Sean, it involves > something that looks like two halves of the end of a shoe lace (but > much smaller), and which clamps together, both onto the end of the > lute string and the thinner pulling string (which I suppose you could > attach to your leg ). I did say from "tip to toe". > > > > > > > > > > Le 24 sept. 07 à 14:50, Roman Turovsky a écrit : > >> The number of all the enticing possibilities to keep us from actually >> PLAYING is staggering, isn't it? >> RT >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sean Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "Lute Net" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:24 AM >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Titanium-Nylon and Perlon? >> >> >>> >>> On Sep 24, 2007, at 1:57 AM, Anthony Hind wrote: >>> >>>> Sean and Dana >>>> I think you must both be correct (in a way). I have not experimented >>>> this, but in my mind I see myself stretching a piece of rubber band >>>> held between two fingers of both hands,. >>>> In between the hands the rubber band will become thinner, but on the >>>> other side of the fingers, there is no lengthening, and therefore it >>>> should remain the same, too thick to go through the bridge hole. >>>> You perhaps need to pass another stiff thin string through the >>>> bridge >>>> hole, and use that to pull the string through (so that it is >>>> stretched from tip to toe). >>>> >>>> It does seem complicated, so perhaps the string was shorter than the >>>> lute, but not quite as short as his gesture implied. >>>> >>>> However, Charles Besnaiou does have a few tricks up his sleeves, >>>> such >>>> as making nylgut ropes to replace wire wounds, and attaching them >>>> with one or two of the strands, so as not to have to widen the >>>> bridge >>>> hole. >>>> >>> >>> Dear Anthony, >>> >>> Maybe I'm very short of vision here. Sending another smaller string >>> through sounds good till I imagine connecting it to the real string: >>> A >>> knot, however grasped, usually makes it larger. And despite my feeble >>> attempt at humor I can't think of how to compress the end diameter as >>> though it were under tension. >>> >>> But I've been surprised before and I'm sure there are tricks or tools >>> that have so far escaped me. >>> >>> tout le best, >>> Sean >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >> >> >> >
