An E string (wire-wound multifilament) or e' string (rather limp nylon monofilament)? What is the advantage of attaching real feather? As a routine user of plectra and quills (both natural and synthetic), this approach all seems a bit weird to me.
Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Guy Smith > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 10:48 AM > To: 'Stuart Walsh'; 'Lute Net' > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Anyone see Crawford Young's concert? > > IIRC, from his 2008 class at LSA, it's a guitar E string or a similar > length > of nylon, with a bit of feather attached. He talked about using real > feathers, but they tend to break down fairly quickly. > > Guy > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf > Of Stuart Walsh > Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 5:36 AM > To: Lute Net > Subject: [LUTE] Anyone see Crawford Young's concert? > > Crawford Young gave a concert last night in London. I couldn't get to it. > > I'd be very interested to know anything about the polyphonic stuff with > psaltery and harp - like what instrument did what? And no percussion in > this? > > And - if anyone was sharp-eyed enough - what was he using as a plectrum? > (Crawford Young uses a bit of guitar string or the floppy end of a > feather for a plectrum, evidently!) > > > Stuart > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
