[LUTE] Re: New Xmas recording

2007-12-04 Thread Ron Fletcher
Shoal? I mean they are the wales among the fishes, aren't they... B) Wales is that country to the west of England... Could it be a throng of theorboes? BTW When is Xmas? ...St Andrews Day? (30th November) Wasn't he crucified on an X cross? Scots will use any excuse for a 'wee swally' -

[LUTE] Re: Inaudibility

2007-12-04 Thread G. Crona
Or again, highly audible http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60iWlyQhlbgfeature=related -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Inaudibility

2007-12-04 Thread G. Crona
Look at what lute musicians have to put up with, not only inaudibility, but also invisibility! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JApax3L1mbofeature=related -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: New Xmas recording

2007-12-04 Thread Mathias Rösel
Ron Fletcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Shoal? I mean they are the wales among the fishes, aren't they... B) Wales is that country to the west of England... Dear me, two mistakes in one line. Can't have been my lucky day B) BTW When is Xmas? Christmas is on Dec 25th. Xmas is short for

[LUTE] Re: Inaudibility

2007-12-04 Thread Mathias Rösel
G. Crona [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: Look at what lute musicians have to put up with, not only inaudibility, but also invisibility! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JApax3L1mbofeature=related Yes, it's sad. - Yet I could hear his strumming once or twice! -- Mathias To get on or off this

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar

2007-12-04 Thread Rob Dorsey
Jon, I've made molds from pine lumber which works fine albeit harder to carve but the best is bass wood or boxwood. Basswood carves like butter and is easy to finish. As an avant-garde touch, you can carve the mould without facets so that the number of ribs can be varied or a multi-rib (39 or so)

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar

2007-12-04 Thread Din Ghani
Jon, I wish I had your carving skills - next time I make a lute I'd like to try a solid mould, but the thought of producing a complex shape with accurately curved lines and surfaces out of a lump of wood terrifies me! I'm sure with your experience of carving you will be able to work out how to go

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar

2007-12-04 Thread Rob Dorsey
Din, Here's how to do the magic. As you know, walking on water is actually quite easy if one knows where the rocks and stumps are. In this case they are composed of two or three card templates derived from a drawing. If you don't have plans with sectional views (vertical cuts through the body

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar

2007-12-04 Thread Din Ghani
Rob, Many thanks for sharing that. It may not be rocket science, but it is precisely this sort of detailed know-how, often hard-won through long experience, when generously shared as you have just done, and as David van Edwards has done through his various courses, that makes all the difference

[LUTE] Re: Spinacino Online

2007-12-04 Thread Rebecca Banks
December 4th, 2007 Dear Lutenists: The Spinacino Lute manuscript as an electronic book is a great gift. You can almost feel the soft vellum under your hands. Almost makes one contemplate the possibility of reprints in part or in whole. Illustrated manuscripts are so exciting, it is

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar

2007-12-04 Thread Jon Murphy
Din, Carving skills are a combination of craftsmanship and artistry. Artistry and craftsmanship when carving a free-form scupture - but craftsmanship in duplicating a fixed form. The craftsmanship can be considerably enhanced by the proper tools. Like you I note that Lundberg's book doesn't

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar

2007-12-04 Thread Rob Dorsey
Jon, To answer your question. He probably could, but he wouldn't. Best, Rob Dorsey http://RobDorsey.com -Original Message- From: Jon Murphy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'Rob Dorsey'; 'lute-builder' Subject: Re:

[LUTE] Re: Spinacino online

2007-12-04 Thread Arthur Ness
Dear Denys, It could be that the missing 2 on folio 37v is something that Mrs. Minkoff retouched. This would suggest that in 1992 she re-used the 1978 facsimile pages. Hers was an innocent activity. She just wanted everything to look neat and clean. When she was criticized (I think it was in