I think I have a Jordan somewhere from 1959--the bowl looks alot like the lute in the Luther Museum. It is heavy :) dt
At 12:57 AM 3/16/2009, you wrote: > Hi all! >Gerwig used a 10 course lute in ren tuning for everything he did. It >was made by a luthier called Hans Jordan from Markneukirchen Germany. >Bob Spencer and Michael Schaeffer also used lutes by him in their >early days. Daniel Benko also plays a modified lute by this maker. >They were rather heavy instruments but well made. In fact in the >fifties and early sixties they were the best lutes money could buy. > >Cheers! > >Lex van Sante >Op 16 mrt 2009, om 05:56 heeft sterling price het volgende geschreven: > >> >>Hi-Can anyone comment on the type of lutes Gerwig used? I seem to >>remember hearing that he used some kind of 10 course in ren tuning >>even for the baroque music. >>Sterling >> >> >> >>----- Original Message ---- >>From: damian dlugolecki <[email protected]> >>To: Peter Jones <[email protected]>; [email protected] >>Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 3:56:25 PM >>Subject: [LUTE] Re: Download Gerwig Recordings >> >>Did he make an effort to find the original tapes? That would of >>course be the ideal. >>I think a very worthwhile project. He was a wonderful player, and >>it's worth noting >>that these recordings were made with gut strings at least for the on >>board strings. >> >>Damian >> >>Please visit my web site at www.damianstrings.com >>----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Jones" <[email protected] > >>To: <[email protected]> >>Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 9:28 AM >>Subject: [LUTE] Download Gerwig Recordings >> >> >>>Hello All, >>> >>>A colleague at work (BBC Radio 3) is writing a doctoral thesis on >>>historical historical recordings, as it were - old recordings of >>>early music. He has an excellent collection of records, which he >>>is in the process of digitizing. >>> >>>He's made some excellent transfers of a number of recordings which >>>may be of interest to us lutenists. They are out of copyright (at >>>least, they are here in the UK - I think the situation is different >>>in the USA, so do be careful that you are not breaking any local >>>laws if you choose to download them). The files are FLAC lossless >>>audio - not compressed in the way that mp3s are, but a completely >>>faithful reproduction of the sound from the vinyl. There are lots >>>of shareware players out there that can cope with FLAC files - >>>Audacity, Winamp and VLC being three... >>> >>>Walter Gerwig was, in my opinion, a very fine player - despite the >>>dated technique he gets a nice sound from his instrument. Very >>>musical, if favouring speeds which to me seem a little on the slow >>>side, here he is well-recorded and my friend Nick has cleaned up >>>and de-clicked the transfers with a light touch. >>> >>>So here we have Archiv EPA 37078, with a couple of relative rarities: >>> >>>Reusner Suite: >>>http://www.mediafire.com/?cq4qykxebtm >>> >>>Hinterleitner Partita.rar: >>>http://www.mediafire.com/?y3ywnrjwn3d >>> >>>If these prove to be of interest, I can also upload: >>> >>>Archiv 13027a - Works by Mouton >>>Archiv AP 13022 - Bach suite BWV 995 >>>Archiv AP 13031 - Works by Neusidler and Garsi da Parma >>> >>>I hope that these are of interest - Nick has put quite a bit of >>>work into these transfers and I'm sure that he would value any >>>feedback or comments - I'll pass on any that I receive. >>> >>>Also, if anyone can think of more old recordings of lute music, >>>Nick would be interested to hear about them, as they might fill >>>gaps in his catalogue. >>> >>>Best wishes, >>> >>>Peter >>> >>> >>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> >
