As another of those oulde guys, I remember distinctly how much my fingers perspired whenever I performed in front of an audience, and how dramatically how having cold wet fingers interfered with playing. Now that I am way over 60, my fingers don't perspire at all, and in Arizona they are not cold, and this terrible barrier to performing is completely gone. Now I just have to remember the notes......
A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [1][email protected] Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs) Titan Lab: [3]480-727-5651 NION UltraSTEM Lab: [4]480-727-5652 JEOL ARM 200 Lab: [5]480-727-5653 2010F Lab: [6]480-727-5654 Office: [7]480-965-7946 John Cowley Center for HREM, LE-CSSS B134B Bateman Physical Sciences Building Arizona State University [8]PO Box 871704 [9]Tempe, AZ 85287-1704 On Dec 23, 2015, at 5:33 PM, "Dan Winheld" <[10][email protected]> wrote: I have played lutes of all kinds since 1966, (and guitar for 9 years prior) and I must say I have NEVER heard of such practices! The only thing remotely connected that comes to my mind is something Besard wrote (English translation in the "Varietie...") about some students "anointing their fingers with Oyle of Tartar..." but for increasing joint flexibility, nothing to do with touch. Nigel North had been in the habit of stalking his students with a fine emery board, grabbing their right hands smoothing out coarse fingertips. He jumped me in this fashion once about 15 years ago at a SFEMS or LSA seminar. 'some do nothing and play with dry fingers.' -That's my group! -Dan On 12/23/2015 6:47 PM, LSA Lute Rental Program wrote: Every month I try to send all the renters of Lute Society of America lutes a little info on some topic. The one I am doing a bit of research on now is the practice of wetting right hand thumb, index, and middle fingers before playing the lute. I am sure this has been a past topic and am sure there are lots of opinions out there about this. That is, actually, why I am asking for your thoughts. Some lutenists "fog" their fingers, some wet them, some wet them and rub their fingers against their nose to collect oil, some use lotion or mineral oil or Vaseline, some do other things, some do nothing and play with dry fingers. Can you offer me any history about any of these practices, any information, pros/cons, advantages/disadvantages, issues of string type (gut, Nylgut, nylon, etc.)? I am not taking a position on the issue...I am just gathering information and whatever you can share is appreciated. Thanks, Michael Grant -- To get on or off this list see list information at [11]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. tel:408-921-3253 3. tel:480-727-5651 4. tel:480-727-5652 5. tel:480-727-5653 6. tel:480-727-5654 7. tel:480-965-7946 8. x-apple-data-detectors://6/ 9. x-apple-data-detectors://6/ 10. mailto:[email protected] 11. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
