Steve Ramey wrote:
> If I recall correctly from my Kansas days, something over 40 years
> ago, it's terribly hard, heavy, dense, tough stuff-- just barely floats,
> hard on tools.
I don't know about European Yew, but Pacific Yew tends to be like that,
but red not yellow.
--
Stephen Fryer
Lun
Hi All,
Don't know about making a lute from Osage Orange, but 20ish years ago, I read
about a guy who made a lap dulcimer from it. He did it for the yellow color of
the wood. Think he noted it gave a bright tone. Beyond that I don't think he
commented on the wood. He mentioned nothing abou
I Have a friend who holds some record for shooting the long bow. He was
telling me there was a wood from Texas, called Osage Orange, that is the
only other wood that is used for making excellent bows. Has anyone tried it
for lutes?
Does anyone know if the Sandalwood mentioned in Fugger's invento
Dana wrote:
>I think this has been discused on the lute list in the past, as I
>recall, Henry 8 required all men of england to practice at the butts so
>that England would have lots of archers; Yew bow staves were stocked at
>all the armories, along with the makings of arrows. Much of this yew
>w
I think this has been discused on the lute list in the past, as I
recall, Henry 8 required all men of england to practice at the butts so
that England would have lots of archers; Yew bow staves were stocked at
all the armories, along with the makings of arrows. Much of this yew
was imported, i
Dear List Readers:
I am writing to remind yoo this coming weekend I will be directing a
concert version of Sebastian Duron's baroque zarzuela "Salir el Amor del
mundo,"
(Cupid's Final Folly - 1696) at the Aston Magna Music Festival (one of
America's
premiere baroque music festivals). I ha
Dear Herbert:
I have heard that too, but all experience points in the exact opposite
direction. Ronn McFarlane, for example, is an exceptional teacher for
beginners; he was my first teacher and still regularly teaches classes on
fundamentals at LSA seminars. Paul O'Dette, Bob Barto, Paul Beier
I have heard that many elite virtuosi are not good
teachers for beginners, because manual dexterity comes
so effortlessly to them that they never analyze it
sufficiently to teach it.
And further, that some virtuosi play with bad technique,
and overcome it with the brute force of their raw
tale
More info from my favorite music librarian. ajn.
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Subject: cancionero
Database: WorldCat
Query: kw: cancionero and kw: musical and dt= "sco" and ((dt= "bks") or
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