Craig:
Some information is available within the Lautenweltadressbuch.
http://bit.ly/S4CPmB
If you put 15 into the Date field, it will pull up all the instruments made in
the 16th century (as well as those made or repaired in 1615, 1715, etc.). In
the Material field you will often see the
Thank you, Daniel. That's greatly appreciated.
Regards,
Craig
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As far as I can tell ebony was not used a lot for tuning pegs
throughout the history of the lute - museum catalogues often describe
peg material as 'stained fruitwood'.
The iconography of pre-1580ish lutes shows that they usually had a
blonde finish, and that includes the pegs.
vihuelas or lutes. I'll look.
CB
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ebony Pegs Redux
As far as I can tell ebony
On Sep 28, 2013, at 5:48 PM, co...@medievalist.org wrote:
I know that today we know there's too much silica in ebony to use as tuning
pegs
This will come as a surprise to most of the violinists in the world.
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remember where I read the article about ebony pegs going out of round.
Regards,
Chris
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Of howard posner
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 9:54 AM
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: Ebony Pegs
On Sep 29, 2013, at 11:28 AM, Chris Barker csbarker...@att.net wrote:
This is true about silica... And the fact that ebony dries at different
rates with and across the grain. I have recently noticed that a number of
fine violins have light colored pegs, possibly boxwood.
You'll find an
In my 40 years of cello playing I've never encountered problems with the ebony
pegs on any of my instruments. Certainly I've never had any pegs go out of
round. On very old instruments, much played and tuned, the holes in the peg
box may become enlarged in which case a luthier will simply
Thank you for your comments. I am learning a lot from the members of this
website.
Chris
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From: Edward Mast [mailto:nedma...@aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2013 7:42 PM
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Cc: 'howard posner'; 'lute list'
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Ebony Pegs
In my
