"damian dlugolecki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> The fact that it had overspun basses on it at one > >> time is not evidence that this is how it was strung during the 17th > >> century.
The easiest way would be finding out from when the strings date. > Overspun strings begin to be used in the late 17th century, but I don't > believe that the lute in any of it's forms > was ever strung with wound or demi filee strings. Well, it must have been. That's how the loose ends were to be found, sticking in the bridge holes of the Mest lute. > Everything we know about > lute construction right up to the > end of the era of the lute points to stringing with gut. Why continue to > design extended necked lutes of overspun strings were readily available that > met the musical requirments? > Those remnants of wire are not evidence of anything. Perhaps you take what Mimmo has to say about them: "How do we know that open wound strings were really used in the 18th century lutes? One piece of evidence and several probative elements point in that direction: a) The direct evidence comes from the pieces of strings on a Lute by Raphael Mest. Half wound strings were in use only in the 18th century and it is hard to imagine a later addition of this particular kind of string on an instrument that had already fallen into disuse." (Source: http://www.aquilacorde.com/lutes.htm , scroll down almost to the bottom). -- Mathias > >> >> > Dear Collected Wisdom, > >> >> > > >> >> > is there someone on the list who is willing to share their > >> >> > experiences > >> >> > with double headed 12c lutes and related repertoire? I'm just about > >> >> > to > >> >> > enter that flowery meadow. > >> >> > > >> >> > What I'm interested in is > >> >> > - choice: What made you choose that type of lute (that luthier)? > >> >> > - measurements: Am I right in assuming that small mensur (about 55 > >> >> > cm > >> >> > VSL) works better? > >> >> > - inferentially, luthiers: Who built your instrument and when? > >> >> > - tunings: which one do you prefer? > >> >> > > >> >> > Any comments appreciated! > >> >> > -- > >> >> > Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
