Howdy luties,
here are some photos of the International Lute Meeting in Antwerp,
which was a pleasure for the lute friends.
Thanks for the invitation and for organization to the lute societies.
I enjoyed it very much.
http://web.mac.com/kleppten/iWeb/LuteFestivalAntwerp/Photos.html
we
Thanks Rafael, you are right. It is back!
It is a very useful database.
Anthony
Le 24 févr. 09 à 02:44, rafael borges a écrit :
It works for me...
Great site! Thanks!
Rafael Borges
De: Anthony Hind anthony.h...@noos.fr
Para: lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Enviadas: Segunda-feira, 23 de
Regarding the use of mercury (or lead) to load a gut string: if it were
a problem wouldn't we have seen at least some contemporary reports of
professional lutenists with poisining symptoms - I'm not aware of any.
But perhaps the amount of mercuric compound is so relatively small
As compared to modern day's levels of mercury contamination in the air
(in particular in such big places like London where hundreds of
thousands, if not more, of strip lights and 'new generation' light bulbs
are getting replaced and simply chucked off in skips daily!) the effect
from the
1.In general terms, a single string will be stiffer than any one
string out of a pair- but not doubling the tension- just keeping a
sense of balance- in terms of feel, tone color, and volume. I have
only one instrument where I can use either single or double 1st
course, my vihuela. It's a bit
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009, Alexander Batov alexander.ba...@vihuelademano.com
said:
As compared to modern day's levels of mercury contamination in the air
NB, Mercury is a cumulative poison, it builds up in the body and is not
eliminated. About 1 oz absorbed kills - about what used to fill a
I wouldn't claim to be an expert, but according to my medical dictionary
mercury poisoning was common in some trades in the past - in particular in
the preparation of felt used in hats. That is where the expression mad as
a hatter comes from.
This may be a silly question because I have been
But...not songs or dowland's stuff...
Only english. And that can be found in Wayne's or Serge's site.
Anything you can come up with will be a big help to me, so I thank you
all ahead.
Omer Katzir
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In general lead intoxication occurs after swallowing or inhalation of even
small amounts of this element, however there are reports of ocupational
intoxication as well:
The major source of lead is occupational exposure from jobs dealing with
lead and lead-based components; there is a high
People nowadays are much more conscious of the environmental toxins. Plus...
Imagine Aquila sells lead and-or mercury loaded strings. The lawyers will swarm
around lute players like sharks with offers of service.
The evidence of loaded strings is based squarely on Mimmo Peruffo's research.
His
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009, alexander voka...@verizon.net said:
People nowadays are much more conscious of the environmental toxins.
with considerable reason.
Plumber comes from the use of lead pipes to convey water in Roman times,
but it didnt stop with the romans; lead supply mains are not
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009, Jaroslaw Lipski jaroslawlip...@wp.pl said:
In general lead intoxication occurs after swallowing or inhalation of even
small amounts of this element
Lead is still commonly used in some municipal water supply systems, pipes
and couplings as well as solder; it remains
Well, FoRMHI is reborn now so hopefully the discussion will carry on.
What I wonder is how the idea of coloured strings (meaning loaded, in
the context of this discussion) resides with the fact that occasionally
they do show up among the mid-range strings too (not to say on the the
first and
I just wondered - do we know how readily available loaded strings were or
how widely they were used?
There was an article in the Galpin Society Journal 2006 about Roman and
Neapolitan gut strings by Patrizio Barbieri and apparently he suggests that
there is no historical evidence for loaded
On Feb 24, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Omer Katzir wrote:
But...not songs or dowland's stuff...
Only english. And that can be found in Wayne's or Serge's site.
Anything you can come up with will be a big help to me, so I thank
you all ahead.
Are you sugggesting that we all go scouring through
I'm looking in some few books, but thank you for being an a***
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 24, 2009, at 22:20, David Rastall dlu...@verizon.net wrote:
On Feb 24, 2009, at 1:38 PM, Omer Katzir wrote:
But...not songs or dowland's stuff...
Only english. And that can be found in Wayne's or
I was curious about that article too but I haven't read it either. He
also mentions silk stings, isn't he?
Hiding blemishes ... well, this sounds just like one more speculation to
me. Black would certainly hide blemishes best than red, so what?
AB
Monica Hall wrote:
I just wondered - do we know
On Feb 24, 2009, at 3:54 PM, Omer Katzir wrote:
I'm looking in some few books, but thank you for being an a***
Let me tell you something, Omer. Those lists of pieces you refer to
on Wayne's and Sarge's websites, were painstakingly put together by
people who acquired the knowledge to be able to
Me three--on first try.
Leonard
On 2/23/09 11:13 PM, Christopher Stetson cstet...@email.smith.edu wrote:
Me too, now, though not earlier this evening.
Chris.
rafael borges rafaelgarciabor...@yahoo.com.br 2/23/2009 8:44 PM
It works for me...
Great site! Thanks!
Rafael Borges
Absolutely. Even now use two copper powder loaded silk strings on treble gamba
and one on eight course lute. All of them are made with mixture of agar-agar
and sea salt. (I usually make a small number of strings, therefore using
gelatin or hide glue at needed temperatures i would have to
Me too, got there in the first attempt. Lovely website
Neil
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Me three--on first try.
Leonard
On 2/23/09 11:13
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009, Omer Katzir kome...@gmail.com said:
I'm looking in some few books, but thank you for being an a***
Omer, it is obvious that english is not your first language.
DR's reply was remarkably polite, if a bit abrupt.
Your counter was not only downright rude, but also
This one is sourced in male choirs:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niqtejDFhCM
or solitary women
http://www.torban.org/audio/sarovska/sarovska9.mp3
RT
http://www.torban.org/pisni/kacha.html
- Original Message -
From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com
To: Sauvage Valéry
Sounds like somebody may be a touch spoiled or impatient here- some
of us old timers remember the days when we had to go to public
libraries and get our music by HAND COPYING IT on staff pages- 5 line
staves to which we hand ruled a 6th line if we didn't want it to be 5
line Attaignant style-
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