Re: gut versus nylgut - 14 course - chewing gum sound?

2003-11-19 Thread Michael Stitt
Dear Thomas, Ed made a recommendation to listen to Toyohiko Satoh's recording of the cello suites 1,2,4 on BL with particular emphasis on the sound of the lower bass strings. I do have this recording and must confess I listened with more focus on the quality of sound, and - yes - was

Re: gut versus nylgut - 14 course - chewing gum sound?

2003-11-19 Thread Thomas Schall
Dear Michael, how are you? I'm glad you're back here in lute world! I don't have the recording of T.Satoh but do know he is a very fine player. Actually the sound of a recording doesn't necessarily reproduce the sound of the real world (the sound of a lute lives much in the room it is played