Oh Roman. Actually, it worked out all right tuning-wise: I didn't have to tune long, only often (about 3 times).
On 7 June 2010 12:56, Roman Turovsky <[email protected]> wrote: > Playing such drafty venues on gut is a daft idea. > Go with carbon. > RT > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Narvey" <[email protected]> > To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, June 07, 2010 6:52 AM > Subject: [LUTE] A Draft Idea > > >> Dear Collected Wisdom, >> >> I played a solo recital yesterday in a rather drafty medieval church >> in Champagne on a lute with loaded gut basses. Tuning was difficult >> but manageable, but nevertheless my experience got me wondering if >> anyone out there may have any advice with regards to how one may >> discern where the optimal performance place is with regards to drafts, >> i.e., how does one check for drafts in a concert space? >> >> Any advice would be most welcome! >> >> As ever, >> Benjamin >> >> -- >> Dr Benjamin A. Narvey >> Institute of Musical Research >> School of Advanced Study >> University of London >> t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 >> p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 >> Site web/Website: www.luthiste.com >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> > -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Institute of Musical Research School of Advanced Study University of London t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 Site web/Website: www.luthiste.com
