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
> Rob
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, t
No determination of any kind can be made until
basic research is done. We need to measure the
bridge holes, for starters, then make a careful inventory with measurements.
Till then, it is mostly speculation. However, we
can safely rule out any answers that attempt to
apply a broad brush across
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?
Chri
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
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 Dowlan
Dear All,
RE: the comment:
"A fair reading of that remark is that it's posited as universal: this
is what most players did for centuries. I don't believe it for a
moment, and I doubt anybody ever actually said it. Hence my
question: did anyone ever say, "use the thinnest string you can and
cra
-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 "h
On Feb 19, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
> "Does some historical source say both "highest pitch possible" and
>"thinnest useable string" in discussing theorbos? And if so, is
> there
>any reason to believe that every theorbist subscribed to it?"
>
>
>That sounds like quite
[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 at this one... just beau
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
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 hi
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?
Praet
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
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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
su
What about the Castaldi duets? What tuning for the smaller instrument? R
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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
Pra
Praetorius, Mace to name but two.
--- On Wed, 18/2/09, howard posner wrote:
From: howard posner
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Theorbo Nicki don't lose that number
To: "lutelist Net"
Date: Wednesday, 18 February, 2009, 2:25 PM
On Feb 18, 2009, at 3:26 AM, Martyn Ho
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