For the benefit of those who may have joined the list within the past
couple of years, and missed the wonderful video on United Airlines, here
it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
I've never flown with my lute; not sure if I would without a massively
armored case.
On 8/5/2016 1:35 PM, John Mardinly wrote:
Martin;
In the US, the Department of Transportation has enacted
rule DOT-OST-2014-0231-0001 which requires airlines to allow musical
instruments in overhead bins if there is room. That is,
the instruments must be allowed on board, and if there is room in the
overhead bins the instrument can go in there, and CANNOT
be removed to make room for suitcases. it is "first come, first
served",
but if there is no room, the instrument must be checked or the owner
can opt to re-schedule the flight. Purchasing some sort of "early
boarding" is advised for travelers with instruments.
Is there something similar in Europe?
A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
Retired Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer
EMail: [1][email protected]
Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs)
But don't call the lab....I won't be there!
On Aug 4, 2016, at 10:17 AM, Martin Shepherd <[3][email protected]>
wrote:
This was before 2011, so I just took it as hand luggage. Those were
the days....
I do recommend Corsica, though, having been there several times in
about 2003-7. It's one of the few places I know where you can be
sitting on a beach or at a harbourside restaurant in a temperature of
about 30 degrees, and looking at a mountain top with snow on it.
M
On 04/08/2016 19:02, John Mardinly wrote:
Martin;
Your remark about vacationing in Corsica with your lute caught my
attention. Did you fly? If so, how were you able to travel with
your
lute without risking its destruction at the hands of baggage
handlers?
Thanks.
A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E.
Retired Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer
EMail: [1][4][email protected]
Cell: [2]408-921-3253 (does not work in TEM labs)
But don't call the lab....I won't be there!
On Aug 4, 2016, at 8:46 AM, Martin Shepherd
<[3][5][email protected]>
wrote:
Dear Martyn (and All),
I'm not ruling out the possibility of loaded strings, but I do
think
the evidence from bridge holes is mixed, in the sense that we
would
have to be absolutely certain that a bridge with small holes was
original.
Even with modern gut strings it's possible to string a 6c lute
with
only plain gut (well, high twist or whatever) in the bass and
also a
13c swan neck lute! The difficult cases are the 8 to 10 course
lutes,
the 13c bass rider type, also the liuto attiorbato, for all of
which
loaded basses might well be the answer.
I can't send attachments to the list but I'm sending you another
painting from 1576 which shows strings very clearly and they're
remarkably thin.
Best wishes,
Martin
On 04/08/2016 14:55, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Hello Martin,
Nice site and blog.
I seem to recall that when loaded strings first came out (25
yrs
ago?)
that some of the evidence for their use was found in the
small
diameter
holes in some lute bridges. To maintain string tensions at
around
present day levels the hypothesis was therefore that the old
bass
strings would have been dense than plain gut - hence
'loaded'.
I also recall that somebody (might have been Eph Segerman)
at the
time
also pointed out an alternative for such relatively small
diameter
holes: that the tensions of the bass strings might be much
lower
than
the upper courses. In short just as you're suggesting. My
experience of
doing this at the time was that one needed to play very
close to
the
bridge to gain any projection and, of course, this is
precisely
what
most old sources (from c.1600 onwards) tell us. So you may
be
right -
that basses were often(always?) at a significantly lower
tension
than
the upper courses.
Having said this, I did like Mimmo's loaded strings very
much
and, of
course, they also possibly indicate loading because of their
distinctive colour. All food for thought......
regards,
Martyn
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