Good point, and it would depend on the period of course.
Anthony
Le 8 déc. 07 à 15:48, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
Anthony,
--- Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The question is perhaps which ones are closest to
the historical
models, those of the 80s, or those of today? Are
lutemakers
responding to demands from lutists worried about
problems of modern
concert hall acoustics and need for greater
projection, or is this a
result of better understanding of the original
models, or perhaps a
little of both?
Regards
Anthony
Or could it be that the old makers themselves each had
a spot on the heavy/light continuum depending on
region, taste, musical style, etc.? I would suspect
there would be a lot of variation in minor details of
lute construction the non-standardized past.
Chris
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