"daniel shoskes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > VERY interesting. Are your basses single strung
No. Of course not, it's a baroque _lute_ >B) > and if not, what did you use for the octaves? Gut again. > I have avoided Swan Necks for the sustain issue but this could be a good > solution that also boosts volume. I'm very content with it. > I really do enjoy the sound of the gut basses on my archlute and they seem to > balance OK with the nylgut on the upper courses. Yes, same with me. Mathias > On Thursday, November 29, 2007, at 02:04PM, "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL > PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I'm not an expert, but I've recently strung my swan neck basses with gut > >(6th through 13th). The results in terms of sound and sustain are better > >than I had expected. Not much sustain in the basses. Rather, there is an > >impulse, and then the tone quickly fades, which is what I wanted. As for > >its superior sound quality, I will always prefer gut, provided I can > >afford it. Since gut in the basses will probably last forever (or at > >least for two or three years), it's the material of choice. My two > >cents. > >-- > >Mathias > > > > > >"T. Diehl-Peshkur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> Dear all, > >> I know this subject has been discussed before, and I have recently followed > >> the interesting discussions on the d minor continuo lute > >> the last week. However, regarding the choice of rider vs. swan necked > >> instruments for solo work, I have checked the archives, but I still > >> have some doubts about the =8Cgeneral consensus' re: one or the other for > >> late > >> works such as Weiss, Bach and others. > >> A number of modern players have dropped using the 13 course swan necked > >> instruments (like R. Barto) to the rider type for several musical and > >> technical reasons. O'Dette has also chosen a rider type for his Bach works > >> Vol. 1 (so far at least!) and there is a general feeling that the swan neck > >> variety > >> is more a continuo type instrument. > >> But my gut feeling (no pun intended!) is that the swan neck type was > >> primarily popular because it could use plain gut strings instead of any > >> overwinding > >> (of whatever type). I really see the smaller, circa 70cm (stopped) swan > >> necked instruments as really fitting that role. > >> To put it differently: could it be that the use of more modern stringing > >> has > >> given an impression of =8Ctoo much sustain' and other such difficulties > >> with the 13 course swan necked instruments? > >> As yet I have never had a chance to hear one entirely strung in good gut. > >> Any comments insights on this point by the experts among you here would be > >> greatly appreciated. > >> Cheers, > >> Theo To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
