At 05:50 PM 6/28/2008, LGS-Europe wrote:
I'm just an occasional dabbler in plectrum technique and I'm getting
really confused! Two related things are bothering me - which end of the
damned feather to use, and (difficult to phrase this one), wobbly or stiff?
A guitar string (or presumably a
I found these pictures and text explaining how to split a feather and make
one of the resulting halves of the tip (the bit stuck into the bird) into
a plectrum, much like a pen, very instructive:
Not at all, David. I shouldn't be given any credit for work Alex has
done. Carry on and enjoy.
I do have Alex's little book. It's very useful for those of us with an
interest in baroque-era mandolins. I think you may be able to order it
directly from him:
On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
Ed Durbrow wrote:
Crawford Young uses a guitar string as a plectrum.
Any more details on this?
Stuart
Not too much to add. You just take the feathers off of the part on
the end that hits the strings. He leaves a little bit of feather on
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On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
Ed Durbrow wrote:
Crawford Young uses a guitar string
] wrote:
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?
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Date: Saturday, 28 June, 2008, 9:26 AM
why go to strangers? ...
everything you need to know is located here:
http://www.mikeouds.com/messageboard/
oudists call
one about 20 years ago and I still have some feathers to go.
Happy picking,
Timo
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be wholly different.
Stuart
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On Jun 8, 2008, at 7:01 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
Ed Durbrow wrote
I'm just an occasional dabbler in plectrum technique and I'm getting
really confused! Two related things are bothering me - which end of the
damned feather to use, and (difficult to phrase this one), wobbly or
stiff?
A guitar string (or presumably a lute string) or the thin end of a feather
On 28.06.2008, at 23:50, LGS-Europe wrote:
Cow's horn is also on my list, but I cannot think of a dish yet.
That one is easy. Just keep the horns for plectra and eat the rest of
the cow.
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On Jun 29, 2008, at 6:35 AM, Stuart Walsh wrote:
which end of the damned feather to use, and (difficult to phrase
this one), wobbly or stiff?
Crawford uses the thin end of a strong feather. Peedu explained the
details very well I thought. I have only tried this with feathers
I've found
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From: howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Saturday, June 7, 2008 8:39 pm
Subject: [LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?
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On Jun 6, 2008, at 5:37 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote:
My
Crawford Young uses a guitar string as a plectrum. He tells how to
use an eagle feather by stripping off the feather part. That is,
using the thinner end of the feather (sic). That part being round and
has the advantage of being flexible in any direction.
On Jun 6, 2008, at 3:57 AM,
David T. wrote:
I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it.
First iron, or first split the feather?
Feather of what bird?
Do you use the tip or the end of the feather? Quill sounds like tip to me.
There are a number of other materials you can use, including thin
strips of
If you smell burning feathers, it is too hot. (Sounds like a Breugel painting)
You can put a little hot glue inside as well to make kind of a turkey melt.
Since there are so many harpsichords in the house, I avail myself of
the different materials from time to time. The Delrin and Celcon come
At 01:45 AM 6/6/2008, David Tayler wrote:
I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it.
I prefer a slightly rounded tip.
It's the only thing I iron, really.
My experiences with ironing goose quill, at least a split quill, have not
been good. Perhaps other bird quills are
that they could just give you.
Guy
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?
David T. wrote:
I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it.
First
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008, Guy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
You can find Delrin at most plastics supply companies. I used to use it
occasionally to machine parts for lab apparatus. It's one of the easiest
plastics to work with, except for gluing (it's a close relative of Teflon,
but a lot harder).
Ed Durbrow wrote:
Crawford Young uses a guitar string as a plectrum.
Any more details on this?
Stuart
He tells how to
use an eagle feather by stripping off the feather part. That is,
using the thinner end of the feather (sic). That part being round and
has the advantage of being
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?
On Sat, Jun 7, 2008, Guy Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
You can find Delrin at most plastics supply companies. I used to use
On Sat, 07 Jun 2008 23:01:10 +0100, Stuart Walsh wrote
Ed Durbrow wrote:
Crawford Young uses a guitar string as a plectrum.
Any more details on this?
Back in the 80/90s he used to play with an ostrich feather. Getting those
not dyed, flexible and without any nodules is kind of hard, so
On Jun 6, 2008, at 5:37 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote:
My experiences with ironing goose quill, at least a split quill,
have not
been good.
Maybe you should try removing it from the goose first.
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: medieval plectrum, how to make?
David T. wrote:
I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it.
First iron, or first split the feather?
Feather of what bird?
Do you use the tip or the end of the feather? Quill sounds like tip
to me
Do you put anything between the quill and the iron? What temperature
do you use
On Jun 6, 2008, at 7:45 AM, David Tayler wrote:
I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it.
I prefer a slightly rounded tip.
It's the only thing I iron, really.
You can also cut a piece of
From the Wikipedia article on Delrin:
Delrin has also recently found use in the manufacturing of Irish
flutes (traditionally made of wood), tin whistles (traditionally made
of metal), and bagpipes (traditionally made of wood). Delrin flutes
sound similar or identical to wooden flutes, but
At 02:57 PM 6/5/2008, LGS-Europe wrote:
How do people make their (medieval) plectra? I have chopped up and sanded
down some turkey feathers, different techniques, different
thickness/stiffnes, but I'm only half convinced of the sound.
Advice much appreciated.
David - To be honest, I still like
Eugène wrote:
I have used goose quill prepared following this procedure:
http://www.mandolincafe.net/cgi-bin/ikonboard.cgi?s=263874652887a855b1a3a0ff8f6a6f14;act=ST;f=6;t=15088
..
etc. I have found excellent and consistent results using a particular
model of Bic pen:
I take the quill and iron it with a heavy iron, then shape it.
I prefer a slightly rounded tip.
It's the only thing I iron, really.
You can also cut a piece of delrin and glue it to the feather, in
that case, you need not iron it.
It is sort of permanent press.
There are a number of other
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