On Sep 26, 2008, at 1:03 PM, Sauvage Valéry wrote: > I already tell my opinion on this, and ask luthier about it . Any > luthier on the list ? > The matter of taste of ancient players and listener is unknown now. > You can quote this or that, and who knows what else was said ? > (same with nails playing... one quotes what he want to hear...) > I'm talking about the place on the lute that sounds, you can go > more or less to have some effects but there is a place your lute is > at the optimal sound.
I'm sure someone experienced and schooled in lutes and acoustics can identify the loudest sound, or the sound with the shortest transient or longest sustain, or highest proportion of bass or of overtones in the 800-1200hz range, or the sound that's most like a trombone or least like a crumhorn, but "best" or "optimal" is a matter of taste, not capable of "objective" verification. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
