[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
I bought my first lute from Kelischek 30 years ago. It was a decent, playable entry-level instrument. I can't speak for what they're selling now, but it's hard to imagine they're peddling junk. On Oct 2, 2012, at 5:35 AM, Ron Fletcher ron.fletc...@ntlworld.com wrote: I have just come across this page and hope it may be of interest to new US players [1]http://www.susato.com/konakart/SelectCat.do?catId58prodsFound=6cat egory=Lutes%2C+Ouds Just for info. I have no connection or other interest. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
Dear All These appear to be the same low-price Zachary Taylor lutes being sold on other websites. So the question is really whether anybody out there has played one of these. Also, as they're available on various websites, what is the best price? Cheers, Jim Stimson On 10/02/12, Ron Fletcherron.fletc...@ntlworld.com wrote: I have just come across this page and hope it may be of interest to new US players [1][1]http://www.susato.com/konakart/SelectCat.do?catId58prodsFound=6; cat egory=Lutes%2C+Ouds Just for info. I have no connection or other interest. Best Wishes Ron (UK) -- References 1. [2]http://www.susato.com/konakart/SelectCat.do?catId58prodsFound=6cat egory=Lutes%2C+Ouds To get on or off this list see list information at [3]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html References 1. http://www.susato.com/konakart/SelectCat.do?catId58prodsFound=6cat 2. http://www.susato.com/konakart/SelectCat.do?catId58prodsFound=6category=Lutes%2C+Ouds 3. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
A priority is to ensure that they will be ‘playable’ and suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. It always bothers me when someone puts quotes around an important term like playable. It shouldn't bother us, it is simply a symptom of what we trick cyclists call axionchresthaiphilia - the urge to put the most important words in quotes. The owner of a very good fish restaurant in my neighbourhood always has it on his menu blackboard: Fresh mackerel a la plancha with homegrown garden vegetables It is impossible to convince him. The same with a bicycle dealer Let us fix your bicycle before the summer holidays. :-) B To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
I could use a bottle of Sunny Burgundy right now. Suitable for consumption, of course. Unlike anything from Pyramid- either the 'brewpub' here in Berkeley or those sitar strings anywhere. Martin- Congrats on the move- don't get sunstroke in the vineyard. Wish we were there! Dan On 10/2/2012 10:35 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote: suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
Mel Wong has reviewed a certain Paki lute .. and he made some inexpensive lutes himself. http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/2011/11/14/attention-cheapskates-paki-bashers-hoi-polloi/ Wayne Begin forwarded message: From: Michael O'Rourke morco...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US Date: October 2, 2012 3:18:37 PM EDT To: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I think a builder in San Francisco was importing lutes from the Make Superior Music Company in China. The instruments were in the $600.00 range and from what I have heard very good for the price. Mel Wong, yes, now I remember, Mel Wong imported them. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Martin Shepherd [1]mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
Mel has a lot of articles about inexpensive lutes in his archives on his web page, they are worth reading. Wayne Begin forwarded message: From: wayne cripps wst...@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US Date: October 2, 2012 4:54:17 PM EDT To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Mel Wong has reviewed a certain Paki lute .. and he made some inexpensive lutes himself. http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/2011/11/14/attention-cheapskates-paki-bashers-hoi-polloi/ Wayne Begin forwarded message: From: Michael O'Rourke morco...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US Date: October 2, 2012 3:18:37 PM EDT To: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I think a builder in San Francisco was importing lutes from the Make Superior Music Company in China. The instruments were in the $600.00 range and from what I have heard very good for the price. Mel Wong, yes, now I remember, Mel Wong imported them. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Martin Shepherd [1]mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
Wayne, the term Paki is regarded as being deeply offensive in the UK...not sure about the US or elsewhere. Rob www.robmackillop.net On 2 Oct 2012, at 21:54, wayne cripps wst...@cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: Mel Wong has reviewed a certain Paki lute .. and he made some inexpensive lutes himself. http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/2011/11/14/attention-cheapskates-paki-bashers-hoi-polloi/ Wayne Begin forwarded message: From: Michael O'Rourke morco...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US Date: October 2, 2012 3:18:37 PM EDT To: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I think a builder in San Francisco was importing lutes from the Make Superior Music Company in China. The instruments were in the $600.00 range and from what I have heard very good for the price. Mel Wong, yes, now I remember, Mel Wong imported them. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Martin Shepherd [1]mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
Rather like the 'n' word in the US. Bill From: Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com To: wayne cripps wst...@cs.dartmouth.edu Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Tuesday, 2 October 2012, 22:25 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US Wayne, the term Paki is regarded as being deeply offensive in the UK...not sure about the US or elsewhere. Rob www.robmackillop.net On 2 Oct 2012, at 21:54, wayne cripps [1]wst...@cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: Mel Wong has reviewed a certain Paki lute .. and he made some inexpensive lutes himself. [2]http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/2011/11/14/attention-cheapskates- paki-bashers-hoi-polloi/ Wayne Begin forwarded message: From: Michael O'Rourke [3]morco...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US Date: October 2, 2012 3:18:37 PM EDT To: Martin Shepherd [4]mar...@luteshop.co.uk Cc: [5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I think a builder in San Francisco was importing lutes from the Make Superior Music Company in China. The instruments were in the $600.00 range and from what I have heard very good for the price. Mel Wong, yes, now I remember, Mel Wong imported them. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Martin Shepherd [1][6]mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at [2][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[8]mar...@luteshop.co.uk 2. [9]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:wst...@cs.dartmouth.edu 2. http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/2011/11/14/attention-cheapskates-paki-bashers-hoi-polloi/ 3. mailto:morco...@gmail.com 4. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 5. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 6. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 8. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 9. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
Sorry - I didn't know that .. I was quoting what I had just read. Wayne On Oct 2, 2012, at 5:25 PM, Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com wrote: Wayne, the term Paki is regarded as being deeply offensive in the UK...not sure about the US or elsewhere. Rob www.robmackillop.net On 2 Oct 2012, at 21:54, wayne cripps wst...@cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: Mel Wong has reviewed a certain Paki lute .. and he made some inexpensive lutes himself. http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/2011/11/14/attention-cheapskates-paki-bashers-hoi-polloi/ Wayne Begin forwarded message: From: Michael O'Rourke morco...@gmail.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US Date: October 2, 2012 3:18:37 PM EDT To: Martin Shepherd mar...@luteshop.co.uk Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I think a builder in San Francisco was importing lutes from the Make Superior Music Company in China. The instruments were in the $600.00 range and from what I have heard very good for the price. Mel Wong, yes, now I remember, Mel Wong imported them. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Martin Shepherd [1]mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Re: Reasonably priced lutes in the US
Here is the real story .. http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/2010/11/22/chinese-made-or-made-in-china/ On Oct 2, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Michael O'Rourke morco...@gmail.com wrote: I think a builder in San Francisco was importing lutes from the Make Superior Music Company in China. The instruments were in the $600.00 range and from what I have heard very good for the price. Mel Wong, yes, now I remember, Mel Wong imported them. On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 10:35 AM, Martin Shepherd [1]mar...@luteshop.co.uk wrote: suitable for the performance of the repertoire composed for the instrument. Er... what does that mean? Pyramid strings? Best to all from sunny Burgundy, Martin To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:mar...@luteshop.co.uk 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
