[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Praetorius, Mace to name but two. --- On Wed, 18/2/09, howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com wrote: From: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number To: lutelist Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday,

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread Roland Hayes
What about the Castaldi duets? What tuning for the smaller instrument? R -Original Message- From: Martyn Hodgson [mailto:hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2009 2:58 AM To: lutelist Net; howard posner Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

[LUTE] Re: possible scam warning!!!!! be careful.... from Anton Birula

2009-02-19 Thread Taco Walstra
On Wednesday 18 February 2009, Wayne Cripps rattled on the keyboard: I send this kind of people an html email where I'm very interested in the purchase or selling of an instrument. There is also a nice question where I ask their opinion and they have to look at a nice website. In fact it's a

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread howard posner
On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: What about the Castaldi duets? What tuning for the smaller instrument? R Just like the big one, an octave higher To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread howard posner
Apparently by way of associating a specific historic instrument with a specific tuning, Martyn Hodgson wrote: Praetorius, Mace to name but two. What surviving instrument does Mace describe? What specific measurements associated with what specific tuning does Mace give us?

[LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number

2009-02-19 Thread howard posner
On Feb 19, 2009, at 9:39 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: So much for no double reentrant tuning on small theorbos. R. On Feb 19, 2009, at 6:12 AM, Roland Hayes wrote: What about the Castaldi duets? What tuning for the smaller instrument? R Just like the big one, an octave higher Well, if

[LUTE] Non-Toy Theorbo for rent

2009-02-19 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Howard, Thank you for your reply to my email about theorboes. You ask many questions, and I shall do my best to answer some of them. You wrote, Nobody suggested anything of the sort, i.e. expecting a source to tell us, with specific wording, things we need to know about

[LUTE] Re: Toyota Theorbo for rent, low mileage

2009-02-19 Thread Mark Wheeler
-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: howard posner [mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 19. Februar 2009 22:52 An: Lute Net Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Toyota Theorbo for rent, low mileage On Feb 19, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Stewart McCoy wrote: Does some historical source say both

[LUTE] Re: Toyota Theorbo for rent, low mileage

2009-02-19 Thread Mark Wheeler
Sorry All, I accidentally hit the send button before I got round to actually writing anything in the last post...So here is what I wanted to write As far as cranking the string up, there are historical accounts of this Robinson says “so high as you dare venter for breaking”. As far as

[LUTE] Re: Ruthenicae

2009-02-19 Thread Stuart Walsh
Sauvage Valéry wrote: [1]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU83Wf1_8PM Cantio Ruthenica LXXI by Joannes Leopolita (alias of Roman Turovsky, the ukainian painter and composer living in New York). Unusual melange of romantic guitar and viella both played by Maurizio Manzon. Look

[LUTE] Re: Toyota Theorbo for rent, low mileage

2009-02-19 Thread chriswilke
Everyone, Has it occurred to anyone that, in the contexts of density and tensions, we're missing one other important component in order to say anything certain about how stringing was done then or how we can re-create those conditions now? How 'bout some actual surviving strings?

[LUTE] Re: Ruthenicae

2009-02-19 Thread Rebecca Banks
February 19th, 2009 Dear Lutenists and Roman: What a wonderful presentation of Roman's music. Quiet and beautiful, haunting presence, as if Russian steppes in the background. I am trying to get back in the studio again, struggling artist syndrome. The Lute goes slowly,

[LUTE] Re: Toyota Theorbo for rent, low mileage

2009-02-19 Thread howard posner
On Feb 19, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Mark Wheeler wrote: I accidentally hit the send button before I got round to actually writing anything in the last post... I thought you were just being extremely concise. As far as cranking the string up, there are historical accounts of this Robinson