Oh, Henning ! Don't do that again please ;-))) Come on, plain text and no html anymore please. I also change my courses1 and 2 when shifting to new tunings, otherwise the blance is very poor indeed and the lute uncomfortable to play. Never heard of single second courses either...
Best wishes and plain text, pleaaaase Jean-Marie ======= 02-07-2008 16:21:41 ======= > >> >> >> >>Here is the lost message (Henning, try to send messages as >>plain text rather than html if you can) >> >>I always change the 1st and 2nd strings on my 10 course lute >>when tuning down from vieil ton to the new >>tunings. I put on some thicker >>ones to compensate the loss of tension and an out -of -tune muddy sound, >>tuning down from nominal 2nd course D to C.( Don't forget to put >>on thinner strings when tuning up again to vieil ton. I >>have not tried a single 2nd course in the >>new tunings, as this would result in unequal distance between the >>1st, 2 nd and >>3rd courses (using just one of two holes in the bridge) I can't >>remember having seen >>any references to single 2nd courses on the 10 course lute. The >>question of the >>transition from the 10 to the 11 course French lute is a complex one. >>See for ex. Michael Lowe, Renaissance and Baroque Lutes, a False Dichotomy, >>in Proceedings of the International Lute Symposium, 1986. >> >>Best wishes , Henning Hoel >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> >> >>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 >02-07-2008 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 02-07-2008
