[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Edward Martin
Much worse. It is a condition where the body makes too many red cells, and the treatment is to remove blood periodically. Otherwise, many complications. It is the only condition that I know of, where actual blood-letting is an accepted, effective treatment. Those "authentic" barbers from the

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Dan Winheld
On 12/1/2012 7:20 PM, Edward Martin wrote: Blood letting? It still works as the primary therapy for Polycythemia Vera. Kindly translate for us layluters, please- is it worse than Lachrimae Vera? ed At 12:00 PM 12/1/2012, Dan Winheld wrote: On 12/1/2012 5:07 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: On 1

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Edward Martin
Blood letting? It still works as the primary therapy for Polycythemia Vera. ed At 12:00 PM 12/1/2012, Dan Winheld wrote: >On 12/1/2012 5:07 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: >>On 12/1/2012 3:30 AM, William Samson wrote: >>>After all, what we >>> are seeking is true authenticity (aren't we?) rather

[LUTE] Re: Far OT

2012-12-01 Thread Reinier de Valk
Dear Mathias, It's actually from the nineties: "Narcotic", by Liquido. It's probably not a bad thing that you forgot that tune... [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?vIOJq5UGfg0&feature=fvst Best wishes, Reinier 2012/12/2 Mathias Roesel <[2]mathias.roe...@t-online.de>

[LUTE] Re: Far OT

2012-12-01 Thread Mathias Rösel
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[LUTE] Far OT

2012-12-01 Thread Mathias Rösel
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[LUTE] Re: Lute bass strings - was Re: Are Pistoys prone to rot according to Mace?

2012-12-01 Thread Sam Chapman
-- Forwarded message -- From: Sam Chapman <[1]manchap...@gmail.com> Date: 2 December 2012 00:38 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Lute bass strings - was Re: Are Pistoys prone to rot according to Mace? To: Markus Lutz <[2]mar...@gmlutz.de> About string holes: I generally

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Sean Smith
Maybe you thought that's the leech you can do for the HIP movement, David? Ok, back to lurker status. Nothing to see here, folks, let's move along [name withheld by request] On Dec 1, 2012, at 1:18 PM, David van Ooijen wrote: On 1 December 2012 19:00, Dan Winheld wrote: > Actually, yes.

[LUTE] Saturday quotes

2012-12-01 Thread Ron Andrico
We have posted our Saturday quotes: More on Dowland as a spy, through the documented example of Ferrabosco. [1]http://wp.me/p15OyV-AE Ron & Donna -- References 1. http://wp.me/p15OyV-AE To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-a

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Dan Winheld
On 12/1/2012 5:07 AM, Roman Turovsky wrote: On 12/1/2012 3:30 AM, William Samson wrote: After all, what we are seeking is true authenticity (aren't we?) rather than a sanitised version. Actually, yes. Our friends the leeches have been getting a second look from some nostalgic medical

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Roman Turovsky
On 12/1/2012 3:30 AM, William Samson wrote: After all, what we are seeking is true authenticity (aren't we?) rather than a sanitised version. Including medical bloodletting etc.? RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.h

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread William Samson
Thank you for the pointer, Stephan. These look very interesting indeed. Do you know if they are sheep gut? Has any player recorded their sound on a lute? Thanks again, Bill From: Stephan Olbertz To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, 1 December 2012, 8:40 Sub

[LUTE] Re: Rolled chords

2012-12-01 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Indeed, I had thought this position was pretty much generally accepted - the only issue being where to strike chords simultaneously and where to roll. I gathered there was a view that there was excessive rolling by some modern players (on almost every chord - making it easier for t

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Mimmo Peruffo (Aquila strings) and Nicholas Baldock have done work on softer strings. MH --- On Fri, 30/11/12, William Samson wrote: From: William Samson Subject: [LUTE] Gut strings - The elephant in the room To: "Lute List" Date: Friday, 30 November, 2012, 18:

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread Stephan Olbertz
Is that what you are looking for? http://www.pure-corde.com/en/about-the-strings/ Regards Stephan Am 01.12.2012, 09:30 Uhr, schrieb William Samson : Thanks for the link, Dan. A fascinating insight - particularly the early stages (that I'd never want to be involved in). I would gues

[LUTE] Re: Gut strings - The elephant in the room

2012-12-01 Thread William Samson
Thanks for the link, Dan. A fascinating insight - particularly the early stages (that I'd never want to be involved in). I would guess that the double-twist process has a lot to do with Gamut's basses being flexible. One thing that troubles me about the manufacture of gut nowadays