Just to add my two cents. My lutes are a joy for the visual elegance they have, the artistry of the makers, the beauty of their sound, and the physical sensation of playing their strings. I would be hard pressed to say which is more important but without all of them I would be dissatisfied with them.
>From the simplest lute (a 1968 Harwood and Isaacs that Donna Curry used to play) to the 2011 Barber&Harris and Rinzo Salvador lutes (very ornate) they all have their own souls to expose. My challenge is to learn what they have to offer and how to bring that out. For me this is a new journey. The strings matter (gut, nylgut, synthetics) and each type changes the character. My participation in this journey is to learn what works for me. It may not be the same as what works for anyone else but I am learning immense amounts from this community. So, in my judgment, there is no one thing that makes a good lute. The most important is the lutenist learning the lute and how to make it sing but all the other aspects also matter. Anyway, this is the view from a novice. Regards David -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sauvage Valéry Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 11:40 AM To: 'Lute List' Subject: [LUTE] Re: What makes a good lute? I agree with this post... -----Message d'origine----- De : [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] De la part de A.J. Padilla MD Objet : [LUTE] Re: What makes a good lute? In medicine, we have a saying, "The most important part of the stethoscope lies between the earpieces." It's in the fingers (or rather, the corpus striatum in the brain). Al To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
