Hi, all.
I haven't quite got the hang of tying my own frets on my 13c swan-neck.
The fret gut is quite thick (1.10) for the second fret and I my issue is
that the gut is hard to tie into a good tight knot. Does anyone have
any tips? Do you soak the end of the gut to flex it up a little? Or
Mace's advice is relevant, and practical: tie the fret, then pull it
higher up the neck to stretch it, then pull tight again and tie: repeat
a number of times.
It also helps if you can pre-stretch the gut (used strings are possible
if not too worn)
Martyn
--- On Mon,
Recently I organized a very nice concert of baroque music in a huge
church in Timisoara (Romaniah). I used gamba, baroque flute, baroque
violin, positif organ and voice together with theorbo. The program
consist in baroque pieces from different countries...anyways. All
together
Dear friends,
My name is Rafael Munoz. I'm a professional lute player from Spain
(www.labellemont.com).
I have bought a theorbo wich is located near Berkeley and I would like
to ask if somebody on the area (San Francisco/Berkeley/Oakland...) is
flying to Spain or to Europe in the
I also find if you dampen the gut slightly ( not too much as you don't
want a soggy neck!!) the gut then shrinks slightly when dry.
my 2 penneth.
Anthony
Mace's advice is relevant, and practical: tie the fret, then pull it
higher up the neck to stretch it, then pull tight again and tie:
Once I was using polished gut to tie a new fret and the knot wouldn't hold.
After several attempts (and increasing frustration) it occurred to me to
lightly sand the surface of the string. It did the trick.
another 2 penneth
Miles
On 2012-04-09, at 7:25 AM, Anthony Hart wrote:
I also find
there and the music was generally very interesting but I hear your
theorbo only on the solo piece... (a Kapsberger)...Na...
There's nothing wrong with an audible theorbo in an ensemble, probably, but
the thing is, pluckers cannot hold their tones like singers, viols, flutes
or organs do.
there and the music was generally very interesting but I hear your
theorbo only on the solo piece... (a Kapsberger)...Na...
There's nothing wrong with an audible theorbo in an ensemble, probably,
but
the thing is, pluckers cannot hold their tones like singers, viols, flutes
or organs
That makes sense, Mathias. During the big-band era, the (acoustic)
guitar was considered to be part of the rhythm section of the
orchestra.
Bill
From: Mathias Roesel mathias.roe...@t-online.de
To: 'lute net' Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, 9 April 2012, 14:01
Subject:
Dear Nancy
Yes the food was good. I welcomed a whole week of no television, radio,
newspapers and no other outside world distractions. As the song goes time
stands still and it certainly did those weeks. I had to have another week
to get back to the 'real world'
Great days!
Best wishes
Tony
Fellow luters,
may I offer some help in terminology?
First of all, micing does not exist in the language (on either side of
the Atlantic) in a context of microphones. I might have use in terms
of barn cats.
The actual term is, as was originally used, miking. However, there is
a price for using
When I were a lad (Oh no - Here we go again!) we used the contraction
that was pronounced and spelt 'mike' for a microphone. When did this
'mic' oddity appear in the language? I'm assuming it's still
pronounced 'mike' but maybe it's 'mick'? Perhaps we should be talking
about
may I offer some help in terminology?
Nou, thenc iu, ai em raiting nau in da ist europian inglis.
(No, thank you, I am writing now in the est - European English)
P.S.If you were on the frequency...there were several jokes about
mike's mice's and other pets...all of them here on
may I offer some help in terminology?
Nou, thenc iu, ai em raiting nau in da ist europian inglis.
(No, thank you, I am writing now in the est - European English)
P.S.If you were on the frequency...there were several jokes about
mike's mice's and other pets...all of them here on
Bill, do you remember Wee Phil's on the drums?
www.robmackillop.net
On 9 Apr 2012, at 16:08, William Samson willsam...@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
When I were a lad (Oh no - Here we go again!) we used the contraction
that was pronounced and spelt 'mike' for a microphone. When did this
'mic'
And in addition to all the previous good tips, I assume that you also tie the
frets about a semitone distance closer to the nut before sliding it down the
neck to further tighten it. Hardest, of course, at the first fret where the
pegbox limits the space for the fret that needs the most help. I
In most common usages, at least in the US, mic is a noun abbreviation for
microphone and mike (and conjugates) is a verb abbreviation for to use or
deploy a microphone ...or something like that.
Carry on.
Eugene
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Yes, and some of the discussions around the tables while consuming the
food were good too. The one that I remember most often was when someone
went around the table and identified where each person was from by
their accent.
Nancy
Yes the food was good. I welcomed a whole week
Ninety percent of the lutes I see are set up wrong and are also the
wrong size for the person playing. I doubt that this will change
anytime soon: once someone buys the wrong size instrument, they either
keep it or trade it in for another one that is the wrong size.
So I would rate
Yumola!!!
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From: Luca Manassero l...@manassero.net
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sat, April 7, 2012 5:51:12 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Facsimiles at the Royal Holloway University of
London Early Music
If you use all original instruments, you will hear the lute fine.
However, if you have thin bridges, heavy bows, thick bass bars, metal
strings etc on the bowed strings then they will be easily twice as
loud. And so all of the soft instruments will disappear.
David, have you met makers who will build a lute to size? Considering my
size - and because I first began playing on a Hauser-copy of a lute - the 7 or
8 course instruments I've played all seem a bit small. I don't mean string
length, but body size.
Ned
On Apr 9, 2012, at 5:58 PM, David
I agree with David that string span and spacing are extremely important,
and, as one about to have a lute built, I am wondering whether it would help
to send the luthier a tracing of my right and left hands to help him
calculate span and spacing correctly. I also agree with Ned that instrument
On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:35 PM, stephen arndt stephenwar...@verizon.net wrote:
I agree with David that string span and spacing are extremely important,
and, as one about to have a lute built, I am wondering whether it would help
to send the luthier a tracing of my right and left hands to help
Your hands will tell you.
So, how would I know if the lute I currently have has good enough spacing?
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