Problems with changes in humidity can partly controlled by oiling the gut
strings. I was wondering about what is used for oil. I bought a long time ago
some string oil from Kuerschner but basically one could use any type of
natural oil I presume. Has anybody experience with olive oil or
Dear Thomas,
Ed made a recommendation to listen to Toyohiko Satoh's recording of the cello suites
1,2,4 on BL with particular emphasis on the sound of the lower bass strings. I do
have this recording and must confess I listened with more focus on the quality of
sound, and - yes - was
Dear Michael,
how are you? I'm glad you're back here in lute world!
I don't have the recording of T.Satoh but do know he is a very fine
player. Actually the sound of a recording doesn't necessarily reproduce
the sound of the real world (the sound of a lute lives much in the
room it is played
Dear Roman,
Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your page?:
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/Ud.htm
As you see I also have a much bigger version which is among the
earliest images I collected. Alas in those days I didn't take much
care over keeping notes on the source. But if
At 9:03 PM +0100 19/11/03, G.R. Crona wrote:
I was captivated by Bartolomeo Passarotti's 1576 painting. (Pic. 29 in the
collection) It says anno iubilei bon 1576. There is also some music there in
the background, and the lute looks like an ~60 cm. mensur instrument.
There's some unreadable text
Jon wrote:
..
Unlike Western Europe, or the western portions of the
USA, our weather changes radically from wet to dry, and cold to hot, and any
combination in between.
..
Thank you very much, Jon, for your nice, interesting and detailled
explanation about the differences between Northamerican
That's the one!!!
RT
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Roman M. Turovsky
http://turovsky.org
http://polyhymnion.org
Dear Roman,
Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your page?:
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/Ud.htm
As you see I also have a much bigger version which is among the
earliest images I
My wife is willing to translate the Classical Arabic, assuming it isn't Persian, but
we keep getting `cannot find the server' Lets hope this is a temporary problem..
Michael Stitt
David Van Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dear Roman,
Do you mean this picture which I've just copied from your
Does anyone know when this picture was painted? Not only are the frets
interesting but the fact that the first course is doubled is interesting as
well. Here is an interesting thought (probably way off the wall) is it
possible that this is a painting of a very early Lute and not just an Oud?
Dear Friends
I have two 8 course guitars by Dake Traphagen that I bought a few =
weeks ago, which as
a dealer I couldn't resist They're both German Spruce
Brazilian. While I'm enjoying them (really nice tops), I wanted
you ,your students ,friends or whomever may be looking, to know that I
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