My 10 courses was built by Ray Nurse nearly 30 years ago, back in 1979. And my baroque 13 courses, recently acquired, was made by Michael Lowe in 1985. Both are very light, and of course have a beautiful sound. Old can mean good. Saludos from Barcelona, Manolo Laguillo
Nigel Solomon wrote: > Anthony Hind wrote: > >> Arto >> If the Rauwolf is a key to the question, David is right, and old >> wood seems to go on improving. I was told that flat soundboard >> instruments can suddenly die, but the Rauwolf's soundboard is a few >> hundred years old. They can also be resound-boarded if there is a >> problem, of course, but it is not that cheap, I think. >> >> Then of course, there is the question of technology. Were lutes from >> 1986 much heavier than today? (wasn't the technological cut-off a >> little earleir than that?) >> Have you compared two instruments by the same maker side by side ( I >> mean one from 1986 and one from 2000, for example). The problem, I >> am told, is that there could sometimes be a big difference between >> two lutes with even one year or less difference coming from the >> same atellier. Apparently lutes are never identical, although some >> lute makers are more consistent than others. Neverteheless, if you >> like your lute, as much or more, than one that is more recent, why >> change? >> Anthony >> >> Le 8 déc. 07 à 00:53, LGS-Europe a écrit : >> >>> Dear Arto >>> >>> I find my older lutes still improving, like good wines. The young >>> ones still have much to learn and need to grow. So don't sell your >>> older Barbers yet, if only because they might fetch a higher price >>> when still older! ;-) >>> >>> David >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2007 11:37 PM >>> Subject: [LUTE] Old lutes... >>> >>> >>> >>> Dear lutenists, >>> >>> I just found out that all my lutes seem to be quite old - from >>> 1986 - >>> 2003. The earlier ones were mainly made by S. Barber, see >>> http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/mylutes.html >>> >>> Should I think the knowledge and skill of making lutes today is much >>> better? Especially Stephen, should I sell your old lutes and buy new >>> ones made by you and Sandy? ;-) The old ones anyhow sound still >>> nice.. >>> >>> Bur severely, has the knowledge and skill of making lutes increased >>> significantly in the last ten-twenty years? >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> Orange vous informe que cet e-mail a ete controle par l'anti-virus >> mail. Aucun virus connu a ce jour par nos services n'a ete detecte. >> >> >> > If anything lutes in the early 80s were lighter than today's lutes, > the fashion nowadays (perhaps for sustain) is to build them slightly > heavier than 20 years ago. Builders at that time were, to a certain > extent, in reaction to the very heavy guitar-like instruments of the > 60s and 70s and therefore made feather-weight instruments. > > > --
