[BAROQUE-LUTE] (more readable version) Question about luthiers

2014-09-12 Thread robin
Sorry for previous cryptic message. Apparently I can't send properly from my phone to this list. Here's a new attempt from my computer instead: Dear collected wisdom. Does anyone have experience with the luthiers Lauri Niskanen, Marco Salerno and Dieter Schossig? I'm thinking of various

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: (more readable version) Question about luthiers

2014-09-12 Thread Thomas Schall
Hi Robin, I have a couple of instruments by Dieter Schossig and can wholeheartedly recommend him as luthier and person. My most recent CD is recorded on one of his instruments (a copy of the Railich in Nueremberg). Sadly the video isn't ready yet. If you have any questions you can contact me

[LUTE] ML lutebook (aka sturt lutebook, Add. 38539)

2014-09-12 Thread Leonard Williams
Does anyone know the significance of the first page of the ML book? It's all 0's on a tab staff and appears to be variations of arpeggiation. The page appears here: http://www.gerbode.net/facsimiles/british_library/BL_MS_Add_38539_john_stur t_lute_book/01v.png [cut and paste may be needed to

[LUTE] Re: ML lutebook (aka sturt lutebook, Add. 38539)

2014-09-12 Thread Matthew Daillie
It's not a tab staff. Robert Spencer comments: 'Forty-six permutations of the scale of C major in bass clef, suggesting changes for bell ringers, or sight-singing exercises. If and how these relate to the lute is not clear.' Best Matthew On Sep 12, 2014, at 22:46, Leonard Williams

[LUTE] Re: ML lutebook (aka sturt lutebook, Add. 38539)

2014-09-12 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 2014-09-12, 4:46 PM, Leonard Williams wrote: Does anyone know the significance of the first page of the ML book? It's all 0's on a tab staff and appears to be variations of arpeggiation. The page appears here: http://www.gerbode.net/facsimiles/british_library/BL_MS_Add_38539_john_stur