Just to say that my theorbo (86/164cm) still has its original gut
basses, still sounding good - I made it in 1996.
Martin
On 04/12/2017 10:41, David van Ooijen wrote:
Long theoorbe/archlute basses always plain gut. I see no argument for
anything else, and I hear no improvement in sound with anything else. I
have a travelling archlute with 110cm (or about) basses, and even there
plain gut stil gets me a decent low G.
David
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On 4 December 2017 at 09:07, Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
<[3]mperu...@aquilacorde.com> wrote:
Hello,
Some are telling me to produce longer CD strings for the long
theorbo diapasons.
Actually, I have some strong doubts: the tonal balance with the
fretted strings will became even worse; the sound, in general, will
became too bright and 'modern'.
The risk is that we will lost the sense of the 'fondamento', whose
sound should imitate the human voice and be dark, not too brilliant.
I know: many performers already uses long wound strings; at the same
time we know that the extended necks were introduced to accomodate
plain gut strings, not for denser gut/synthetic version of it or
even wound strings.
Actually, I would like to stay in the direction that can make of
support of the traditional Lute/theorbo sound, not in the direction
to destroy it making a sort of... elettric chitarrone (Lol).
Maybe things can be different if we are specking of these special
kind of invented short neck theorboes that are today whidely in
use when one must take a fly. We know how hard is to fly with a
standard theorbo.
These instruments has only an option that work: wound strings.
Making a longer CD for this kind of instruments can be maybe a good
option?
Maybe making them of 1,40 cms max so one cannot install them on the
'real' theorboes...
Guys, which is you opinion?
Mimmo Peruffo
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