Excellent. I'd appreciate a good translation of the French... Rob
On 8 Jan 2017, at 19:33, David Morales <[1]dmorale...@cuerdaspulsadas.com> wrote: Yes, we have some quotes and images on our blog related to that topic in the interview with M. Peruffo regarding these loaded strings. Check it out here: [2]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/new-loaded-synthetic-bass-strings-by- aquila-corde/ Copied here: ------ Let's take a look at [3]Harmonie universelle, contenant la théorie et la pratique de la musique, written by Marin Mersenne and published in Paris in 1636. It represented the sum of musical knowledge during his lifetime (available [4]at gallica). Here, Mersenne give us some clues about the sound of the bass strings: * D'abondant l'on experimente que les airs des Balets & des Violons existent dauantage à raison de leur gayeté qui vient de la promptitude de leurs movements, ou de leurs sons aigus, que les airs que l'on joué sur le Luth, ou sur les basses de Violes, lesquels sont pour l'ordinaire plus graves & plus languissans . * Quant au nombre des retours de chaque chorde, il est tres-grand auant qu'elle se repose, car il est certain qu elle sc meut tousiours tandis que Ton en oyt le son, ôc que le son des grosses chordes de Luth est apperceu de Toreille durant la sixiesme partie, ou le tiers d'vne minute , c'est à dire pendant que Tartere du poux d'vn homme sain, ôc Ãà ns émotion bat dix, ou vingt fois: de sorte qu'il ne reste qu'à remarquer combien de fois la chorde bat Tair dans vne seconde minute, pour sçauoir combien elle le frappe auant que de se repose Regards. 2017-01-08 20:23 GMT+01:00 Rob MacKillop <[5]robmackil...@gmail.com>: I was being lazy. He doesn't mention seconds, rather heart beats, if I remember correctly. Hopefully someone can supply the original. Rob On 8 Jan 2017, at 18:54, Christopher Wilke <[1][6]chriswi...@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi Rob, What exactly is the quote in Mersenne about the 20 second sustain? Although my French is very poor, I've attempted to find it to no avail. Chris [2]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, January 8, 2017, 10:59 AM, Rob MacKillop <[3][7]robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote: Here's a very short video comparing the sustain time of a new Aquila Loaded Nylgut string and a Savarez copper-wound nylon-silk core bass string. [1][4][8]https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 My ears hear better than the microphone, and the useable sustain on the Aquila string is 4 seconds, while the Savarez is a long 8 seconds. With the Savarez, you will be required to stop pretty much every note you play in the bass. With the Aquila, less so. The Aquila do remind me of gut basses. I used to have an 11c completely strung in gut, and these loaded nylgut strings are very, very close. On the other hand...Mersenne says his basses sustain for almost 20 seconds!!! I'll stick with the Aquila. Rob -- References 1. [5][9]https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 To get on or off this list see list information at [6][10]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[11]chriswi...@yahoo.com 2. [12]https://yho.com/footer0 3. mailto:[13]robmackil...@gmail.com 4. [14]https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 5. [15]https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 6. [16]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- Cuerdas Pulsadas [17]www.cuerdaspulsadas.com || [18]h...@cuerdaspulsadas.com [19]BLOG || [20]AGENDA || [21]TIMELINE [22]blog [23]facebook [24]twitter [25]instagram -- References 1. mailto:dmorale...@cuerdaspulsadas.com 2. http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/new-loaded-synthetic-bass-strings-by-aquila-corde/ 3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonie_universelle 4. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5471093v.r=.langFR 5. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com 6. mailto:chriswi...@yahoo.com 7. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com 8. https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 9. https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 10. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 11. mailto:chriswi...@yahoo.com 12. https://yho.com/footer0 13. mailto:robmackil...@gmail.com 14. https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 15. https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0 16. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 17. http://www.cuerdaspulsadas.com/ 18. mailto:h...@cuerdaspulsadas.com 19. http://www.cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog 20. http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/agenda/ 21. http://www.cuerdaspulsadas.com/timeline 22. http://wwww.cuerdaspulsadas.com/blog 23. http://www.facebook.com/cuerdaspulsadas 24. http://www.twitter.com/cuerdaspulsadas 25. http://www.instagram.com/cuerdaspulsadas
