[LUTE] Re: About that tree falling in the forest....

2017-01-09 Thread Richard Brook
Do sweaters lose their color when put in a dark closet, as a ticking watch makes no sound when put in an airless container? > On Jan 9, 2017, at 4:17 PM, howard posner wrote: > > >> On Jan 9, 2017, at 12:47 PM, John Mardinly wrote: >> >>

[LUTE] About that tree falling in the forest....

2017-01-09 Thread howard posner
> On Jan 9, 2017, at 12:47 PM, John Mardinly wrote: > > sound and vibration are one and the same. If the string can > be seen to be vibrating and you can't hear it, it is either a problem > with your hearing (which to be sure comes naturally with our advancing >

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread John Mardinly
Huh? Folks, sound and vibration are one and the same. If the string can be seen to be vibrating and you can't hear it, it is either a problem with your hearing (which to be sure comes naturally with our advancing age), or there is sufficient ambient noise in the room or other notes

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Dan Winheld
"...and my guess is that these strings may last forever.." While no doubt true, and good thing as well, ALL unfingered lute bass strings last virtually forever! My Baroque lute student has had the original (and unspeakably vile) metal overspun strings on his otherwise very fine 13

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
Dear Mimmo Don,t worry, I think we all appreciate your efforts, and are all excited about the new strings. Yes it has started another debate on strings and sound quality, vibration , resonnance, etc.. what it boils down to however , is what kind of sound pleases each of us

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Mimmo Peruffo
maybe it is better to give you guys a few more informations: yes, I am out of stock due to some problems: the first one is that the plastic blend nd copper powder changes some behaviours. This is common when one exstrude plastics. I worked hard to understand why in these 15 days

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread David Morales
Dear all, We have some gauges still on stock, but they are running fast. You can also find everything on our store with 20% discount, so it's really a nice chance to try them. This is the website: [1]www.cuerdaspulsadas.com Mimmo is already part of the lute history, I dont have

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
David Morales' cuerdas Pulsadas in Spain, has them, David Morales who is on this lute list should be able to help you out. Mimmo is out of stock already. Bruno 2017-01-09 12:02 GMT-05:00 Bruno Cognyl-Fournier <[1]fournier...@gmail.com>: and my guess is that these strings

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
and my guess is that these strings may last forever.. Bruno 2017-01-09 11:56 GMT-05:00 Dan Winheld <[1]dwinh...@lmi.net>: Fascinating thread! I am delighted that after over 40 years in the lute "business" (even mostly amateur) that good bass strings may be emerging as an

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Dan Winheld
Fascinating thread! I am delighted that after over 40 years in the lute "business" (even mostly amateur) that good bass strings may be emerging as an obtainable, affordable, predictable, and PRACTICAL reality. Mimmo Peruffo is to be congratulated for all his work over all these years. Now,

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Anthony Hind
Jakob Lindberg's remarks about the wonderful sustain of his old Rauwolf seems to confirm what you say (sustain, complexity and clarity, together according to JL). Mersenne would certainly have heard marvellous old Bologna lutes sought out by French luthenists, no doubt exactly

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Mimmo Peruffo
I understand... this is the point: we scholars have done a long list of conceptual and practical mistakes done by Mersenne in his book. This mean that he must be taken with a grain of salt. Of course, he done a great job with his monumental treatise and it is very usefull also. I am a

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Not sure about that Mimmo... Mersenne is a scientist, therefore a precise observer and his observations are worth considering seriously. When he describes the duration of the sound of the bass stings of a lute, he takes care to precise ""...le son des grosses chordes de Luth est apperceu de

[LUTE] Re: Introduction to the Lute

2017-01-09 Thread David van Ooijen
Keep up the good work! David *** David van Ooijen [1]davidvanooi...@gmail.com [2]www.davidvanooijen.nl *** On 9 January 2017 at 11:07, Rob MacKillop <[3]robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote: Delighted to announce

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Mimmo Peruffo
I am lucky: I have seen /installed strings on some hundreds od lutes in these last years. Maybe I can be in mistake, but I have never seen a lute, whose basses are roped strings or even loaded roped strings, whose sustain is so long. Even with modern Pyramid nylon wound strings (they have

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Matthew Daillie
Differences in string length can obviously also account for considerable variations in sustain. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Introduction to the Lute

2017-01-09 Thread Rob MacKillop
Delighted to announce the launch of my Introduction to the Lute - for Lute and Guitar players! [1]https://youtu.be/rheANN8gpVo The book contains 31 great tunes, all in both guitar tab and lute tablature, from easy to advanced, and sound files for every piece and exercise.

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Matthew Daillie
One thing nobody seems to have mentioned is the vast differences in sustain from one instrument to another. Maybe Mersenne's comments go to show just how good some lutes were at the time. If one was to rest a lute on the edge of a wooden table as they were wont to do at the time, then maybe

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Mimmo Peruffo
Sorry to the list it was a private message to Rop, I sent it also to the list for mistake Mimmo To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

2017-01-09 Thread Mimmo Peruffo
thanks Rob at present I have some troubles with the extruder plant. I do not know why but i am not able to do a new stock I hope to solve the problem soon. In ther meantime two gearpumps broken. Heck! This job is crazy, plastics are crazy: the change their behaviours over night! Ciao Mimmo