[LUTE] Re: Tr :Re: Objet : Re: Switching between gut strings and synthetics?

2010-01-31 Thread chriswilke
Anthony, --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com wrote:         I have not read such blanket performance proclamations in this    thread. Sure you have. Many of them are almost at the subliminal level. I wish to bring them to the surface. One example: In the very email in

[LUTE] Re: Tr :Re: Objet : Re: Switching between gut strings and synthetics?

2010-01-31 Thread Franz Mechsner
31.01.2010 17:23 An: Daniel Winheld; Anthony Hind Cc: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Tr :Re: Objet : Re: Switching between gut strings and synthetics? Anthony, --- On Sat, 1/30/10, Anthony Hind agno3ph...@yahoo.com wrote: I have not read such blanket

[LUTE] Re: Tr :Re: Objet : Re: Switching between gut strings and synthetics?

2010-01-31 Thread Daniel Winheld
Hi Chris- This is getting interesting. (Thought we had put this one to bed already, but never mind). Some explaining- Last things first; My arch lute IS a little strange. The pictures from photobucket that I have linked below of course do not give the history or the specs, but at least we can

[LUTE] Re: Tr :Re: Objet : Re: Switching between gut strings and synthetics?

2010-01-30 Thread Anthony Hind
Chris I have not read such blanket performance proclamations in this thread. I think we are all aware that each lutenist has to choose according to their preferences, and among those must be their degree of tolerance to tuning issues, etc.. Having said that, there is no