[BAROQUE-LUTE] Harp Strings

2008-12-21 Thread chriswilke
Hello Fonts of Wisdom, I'm wanting to do some experimenting with different bass strings for my bass rider 13-course. Does anyone have experience using harp strings? I've noticed that Bow Brand has gut strings for around $20 a piece. If this even works, its not terribly cheap, but

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Harp Strings

2008-12-21 Thread Rob MacKillop
Hi Chris, I used to play with a harp player, Bill Taylor, who worked for [1]www.ardivalharps.com who supplied strings for period and modern small harps. They just ordered theirs from Aquila... Rob MacKillop 2008/12/21 [2]chriswi...@yahoo.com Hello Fonts of Wisdom,

[LUTE] Re: Peg count on Choc lute

2008-12-21 Thread Daniel Winheld
Check out this one- http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/furniture/musical_instruments/objects/object.php?id=13id2=1action=nexthits=53page=1pages=5object_type=country=start_year=end_year=object=artist=maker= Ooops, Just a further clarification: I've never seen an 11 or 13c lute with a double

[LUTE] Re: Peg count on Choc lute

2008-12-21 Thread Peter Martin
For a different take on Choc lute, see the sad story of Nicholas Smith on this page [1]http://users.stargate.net/~blink/imagepg.html Unfortunately the image link doesn't work any longer - who knows what it might have revealed. P -- Forwarded message --

[LUTE] Re: Peg count on Choc lute

2008-12-21 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Martin, Dan and all Thank you for such a detailed reply. Le 20 déc. 08 à 00:24, Martin Shepherd a écrit : Dear Anthony and All, The double top course is found on everything from 6c lutes to Mace's 12c lute, and everything inbetween. Three of our most popular 7c lutes from

[LUTE] Cantio Ruthenica LXXV

2008-12-21 Thread Roman Turovsky
http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/images/231.pdf http://www.torban.org/ruthenicae/audio/231.mp3 Amitiés. Enjoy, RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Harp Strings

2008-12-21 Thread George Bryan
Standard pedal harp gauges are listed on my web site (www.hbryan.com) under string sets Read the Gothic harp column, which lists standard Vanderbilt Classic Gut strings.by note name and diameter in inches. Order them from Vanderbilt Music in Bloomington, Indiana. The gauges you'll need for

[LUTE] Re: Peg count on Choc lute

2008-12-21 Thread Daniel Winheld
No need to apologize Anthony, we are in disparate straits indeed as any single factor affects all other factors; and we are processing correlating many disparate bits of wreckage- tantalizing clues, contradictory artifacts, and the opinionated opinions of long dead musicians, string makers,

[LUTE] Re: Peg count on Choc lute

2008-12-21 Thread Daniel Winheld
And one more thought- I would bet that a lot of the historic lute players- after the more universal use of the doubled first- reverted to a single by simply letting letting nature take its course. One of the strings pops- but the player just keeps on going. And going. Hopkinson Smith told me

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: What to build.

2008-12-21 Thread demery
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008, Rob Dorsey r...@dorseymail.com said: 1. We have no idea what historical musical presentation sounded like. We can only infer from the notations on the tablature and the style of the instruments along with basically anecdotal comments in extant writings.

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: What to build.

2008-12-21 Thread demery
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008, Rob Dorsey r...@dorseymail.com said: 1. We have no idea what historical musical presentation sounded like. We can only infer from the notations on the tablature and the style of the instruments along with basically anecdotal comments in extant writings.

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: What to build.

2008-12-21 Thread demery
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008, Rob Dorsey r...@dorseymail.com said: 1. We have no idea what historical musical presentation sounded like. We can only infer from the notations on the tablature and the style of the instruments along with basically anecdotal comments in extant writings.

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: What to build.

2008-12-21 Thread demery
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008, Rob Dorsey r...@dorseymail.com said: 1. We have no idea what historical musical presentation sounded like. We can only infer from the notations on the tablature and the style of the instruments along with basically anecdotal comments in extant writings.

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: What to build.

2008-12-21 Thread demery
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008, Rob Dorsey r...@dorseymail.com said: 1. We have no idea what historical musical presentation sounded like. We can only infer from the notations on the tablature and the style of the instruments along with basically anecdotal comments in extant writings.

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: What to build.

2008-12-21 Thread demery
On Sun, Dec 21, 2008, Rob Dorsey r...@dorseymail.com said: 1. We have no idea what historical musical presentation sounded like. We can only infer from the notations on the tablature and the style of the instruments along with basically anecdotal comments in extant writings.