Re spotlights: different colored strings will react differently. Coincidence?
Plausibly not a coincidence. Different colors absorb radiant heat differently.
For example, if you want to stay cool in sunlight, you'd wear red or white
clothing, which reflects infrared.* Conversely, to get maximum
As has been alluded in many replies, lutes don't necessarily stay in tune
when subject to variable environments. The question might be more
appropriately phrased as What makes lutes going out of tune less
problematic?
One thing I have not seen mentioned is minimizing friction over the nut.
This
[mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Benjamin Narvey
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 3:54 AM
To: Franz Mechsner
Cc: David van Ooijen; lute-cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: What makes a lute stay in tune?
Dear Franz,
Both: the lighting produces incredible amounts of heat, as does
Absolutely, Eugene. While my nylgut or nylon strings remain quite
stable day to day, I find myself having to retune the wound strings
daily. Mostly downward (they get sharp). So obviously they are
binding at the nut. I really must take them off and see if I can file
the nut
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Benjamin Narvey luthi...@gmail.com wrote:
In answer to the question what makes a lute stay in tune? I respond:
certainly *not* high-intensity lighting!
Been there, done that. |-(
David
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09:40
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Betreff: [LUTE] Re: What makes a lute stay in tune?
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Benjamin Narvey luthi...@gmail.com
wrote:
In answer to the question what makes a lute stay in tune? I
respond:
certainly *not* high-intensity lighting
] Re: What makes a lute stay in tune?
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Benjamin Narvey luthi...@gmail.com
wrote:
In answer to the question what makes a lute stay in tune? I
respond:
certainly *not* high-intensity lighting!
Been there, done that. |-(
David
van Ooijen
Gesendet: Mo 18.01.2010 09:40
An: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu
Betreff: [LUTE] Re: What makes a lute stay in tune?
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:50 AM, Benjamin Narvey luthi...@gmail.com
wrote:
In answer to the question what makes a lute stay in tune? I
respond
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Franz Mechsner
franz.mechs...@northumbria.ac.uk wrote:
Stupid question: How does lightning dis-balance the tuning? Is it heat? Or
maybe the human warmth of the crowd instead?
It's not heat in itself that affects the tuning, but humidity, which
is relative to the
After tuning the organ it is always fun to put both arms down on the
keyboard after unplugging it to push all the warm air out.
Re spotlights: different colored strings will react differently. Coincidence?
dt
At 12:54 AM 1/18/2010, you wrote:
On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Franz Mechsner
Hi Ed,
It didn't seem to like the (very rare) dry weather in England when it
was put under tension...the soundboard shrank due to the low humidity,
and this caused the glue to give way, and the string tension did the
rest
Ouch.
Just got word today that the repair is alomost done, so I'll
PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: What makes a lute stay in tune?
Hi Ed,
It didn't seem to like the (very rare) dry weather in England when it
was put under tension...the soundboard shrank due to the low humidity,
and this caused the glue to give way, and the string tension did the
rest
Ouch.
Just
] On Behalf
Of Mark Probert
Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 1:46 AM
To: Herbert Ward; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: What makes a lute stay in tune?
At the risk of speaking out of turn here (I am not a maker)...
HW
HW Ignoring for a moment the tuning instability of gut strings, what
HW
To say in tune, the lute must achieve equilibrium.
To do that, it has to be constructed in such a way that after a
while, it slows the inner movement to a very small amount. I would
say of the ones I have played about ten to fifteen percent do this.
Next, the string tension must be balanced or
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
If the string tension is balancd, all strigs have the same pull, e.g.
3.5 Kg/N. If the strings are graded, there is a tapering of the tension.
Interestingly, among hip-string players Equal Tension is the buzz
words for
I use equal on my two continuo theorbos, and tapered for the solo
instruments, the theorbo and the archlute. I think the equal is the
most stable but the bass is too loud for solo work.
dt
At 02:47 AM 1/17/2010, you wrote:
On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 11:41 AM, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net
In answer to the question what makes a lute stay in tune? I respond:
certainly *not* high-intensity lighting!
I played a concert today with my newly gut-strung 11c (using Mimmo
Peruffo's very laudable loaded bass strings) and a theorbo partially
strung with Venice diapasons. The tuning was
I would say that would be the job of well made and well set pegs. An
argument could be made for the actual strength of the Lute's construction,
making the assumption that the entire instrument may shrink or expand with
the level of humidity but I find this specious. Is staying in tune the sign
At the risk of speaking out of turn here (I am not a maker)...
HW
HW Ignoring for a moment the tuning instability of gut strings, what
HW construction details make a lute stay in tune better? Is staying
HW in tune a sign of a good lute?
HW
Wood, by its nature, will absorb moisture. As it
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