> Congratulations for this beautiful new baby then. May I second the congrats. And I can see that your 1st and 2nd frets have been shifted toward what on the renaissance lute is mean tone fretting. I wonder how you tune it and what it sounds like.
Mathias > >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 > >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >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. > > > > > > = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://poirierjm.free.fr > 18-06-2008
