Re: Woodworking precision.

2003-12-28 Thread Herbert Ward
I think you may be under a misapprehension - the soundboard is glued on Yeah, I was. I saw trim around the soundboard and thought it was part of the bowl.

Out of tune horns

2003-12-28 Thread RichardTomBeck
(An edited version of a message I sent privately to some who were kind enough to take my question on intonation seriously.) -- - Dear all. As regards the horn questions, many thanks for your most

Re: Out of tune horns

2003-12-28 Thread Vance Wood
Dear Tom: I too know little of the horn issue but I do know a little of instruments and how some of them were made. First of all I think the issue here is not that the ancient instruments were inherently bad and out of tune but that the musicians that played them had techniques, now not known,

Re: Out of tune horns

2003-12-28 Thread David Rastall
On Sunday, December 28, 2003, at 06:58 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...I find it sad that even now there are those who regard the 20th century as an artistic aberration. After all, if I from the serial world, can enjoy having a go at the lute, then why not the other way round? Why not