[LUTE] Re: Harp-Lute

2013-04-07 Thread Monica Hall
Beautiful! Hope to hear some more! Monica - Original Message - From: Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com To: Lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 8:13 PM Subject: [LUTE] Harp-Lute Some of you might have a passing interest in the so-called harp-lute.

[LUTE] Re: Harp-Lute

2013-04-07 Thread Rob MacKillop
Thanks, Monica. It seems to have taken many people by surprise, myself included. More will indeed follow. Rob www.robmackillop.net On 7 Apr 2013, at 16:20, Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk wrote: Beautiful! Hope to hear some more! Monica - Original Message - From: Rob

[LUTE] Re: Harp-Lute

2013-04-06 Thread stephen arndt
Delightful! -Original Message- From: Rob MacKillop Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 2:13 PM To: Lute Subject: [LUTE] Harp-Lute Some of you might have a passing interest in the so-called harp-lute. Somebody gave a loan of one yesterday, by Edward Light, and also a tutor by him.

[LUTE] Re: Harp-Lute

2013-04-06 Thread David van Ooijen
Lovely, well done. What kind of strings are on it? David On 6 April 2013 21:13, Rob MacKillop robmackil...@gmail.com wrote: Some of you might have a passing interest in the so-called harp-lute. Somebody gave a loan of one yesterday, by Edward Light, and also a tutor by him. I managed

[LUTE] Re: Harp-Lute

2013-04-06 Thread Rob MacKillop
Round ones... OK. I'm not prepared to give a well-researched answer, mainly because the instrument just arrived yesterday. The first three courses are gut, and the rest are nylgut core, copper wound. Probably lute strings. Today I took it to the Edinburgh International Harp Festival to see if

[LUTE] Re: Harp-Lute

2013-04-06 Thread Dan Winheld
I forwarded this to two of my lute students who both have deep harp backgrounds- maybe they will come back with string answers. Oh yes, very lovely! Thank you... Dan On 4/6/2013 1:26 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote: Round ones... OK. I'm not prepared to give a well-researched answer, mainly because

[LUTE] Re: Harp-Lute

2013-04-06 Thread David van Ooijen
Round ones... OK. I'm not prepared to give a well-researched answer, mainly because the instrument just arrived yesterday. The first three courses are gut, and the rest are nylgut core, copper wound. Probably lute strings. Thanks. I love the sound you made on it, a lot fuller than I would