Dear All,
The biennial lute exhibitions organized in London by Gordon Gregory (in
his house) were an excellent opportunity to compare lutes in quiet
surroundings. Now that Gordon has done his last exhibition, we must
hope that some other event is organized along the same lines. In the
previous exhibition (2007, I think) there were 38 lutes to look at.
Usually, after each exhibition there was a "lute tasting" at the
following Lute Society meeting. One of the frustrations of this was
that one was never comparing like with like - differences in stringing,
setup and tuning all produce differences at least as big as differences
in the lutes themselves. No lute sounds like anything until it is
properly in tune, in whatever temperament (another dimension!) is chosen.
Also I remember many years ago a lute auction at the Lute Society summer
school at Cheltenham, when Chris Wilson played on all the lutes in turn
- and they all sounded like (you guessed it) Chris Wilson!
Best wishes,
Martin
Jaroslaw Lipski wrote:
There is nothing like objectivity in assesing instruments. The only
measurable value is a volume. The rest is a matter of taste. Some like
bright tone, other dark and rich, more resonance in trebles, more
powerfull bass etc. Even the action and spacing is a very individual
thing. A blind choice would be very interesting but still it would be
my choice. However I like seeing instruments, touching them , and even
talking to the lute maker is a part of choosing an instrument.
Jaroslaw
----- Original Message ----- From: "Lex van Sante" <[email protected]>
To: "lute mailing list list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:52 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute tasting, was Greenwich festival
Or rather what the lute and I combined can do.
We all want 1 and 1 to be more than 2 don't we.
Lex
Op 15 nov 2009, om 11:08 heeft David van Ooijen het volgende geschreven:
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 12:47 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
components. Most, if not all, of us, overestimate our ability to
remain dispassionate in judging items when we can see the item
(appearance means a lot) and have an idea of it's cost. I'm sure
this
Exactly why I want to see the instrument I'm considering to buy; for
me, looks and especially feel are also important in choosing a lute.
And in the end, the sound somebody else can make on a particular lute
is not interesting to me, what I can do on it is all that matters.
David
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