I'm not Rob or Timo, but congrats. It's lovely! Eugene
At 02:39 PM 6/18/2008, Anthony Hind wrote: >Dear Rob, Timo and all > I have just uploaded some images of my lute. As I am > doing several >things at once, I don't have time, at present to select for Ning lute; >but here is a link to those images: > >http://tinyurl.com/4zmwbl > >A friend who is a lute player and lute collector came round, he has a >good number of lutes to jusdeg from. He thought the "lutherie" was >superb, and the sound excellent, and very articulate, >if a little more reserved than his most "outspoken" Matthias Durvie >lute; but his lute is in synthetics and wirewounds, mine in plain gut >and loaded, so the comparison is not easy. >He played a few pieces on both, and while his Durvie had more power >and sustain, it was almost too much sustain, for certain pieces. My >lute seemed more reserved, but spoke >into the ear, and the message seemed somehow with more depth and less >flash, in short the message more poetic. > >This visiting luthist said his lute was exuberant and Italian, mine >more French. I know Benjamin's Martin Haycock, which I like a lot, >and which is also very vibrant, so I will have another chance for >a comparison in a few days. > >However, each lute maker has his idea of what type of sound he wants >to acheive (He/she). Martin H; has told me that he is looking for >projection, and he does achieve that. >I think Stephen is looking for something else, but he hasn't given me >what that might be in a "nut-shell". > >I do think the variety that comes form lute makers striving for >different aims, and string makers also, gives us a very large sound >palette to choose from. I just think that lutists should spend more time >lute and string tasting, Choosing the most suitable instrument and >strings should be considered as an extension of the lutist's >technique, I think. > >I can say that, I need to extend my technique, by any means at my >disposal. >Regards >Anthony > >PS This lutist always plays with equal temp., but he didn't find any >problem with the 6th comma fretting and VT or VY tuning. > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
