I had the rad treatment for the soundboards in our two harpsichords.
I think it really makes a difference for harpsichords, no experience
with lute tops.
The harpsichords sounded more like original instruments, of course
that is the now old but then was new dilemma.
dt
To get on or off this
Dear Sean and all
I am glad you did not hang back any longer. I have also
broken-in a Martin Haycock lute. I now wish I had taken notes, over
that period. We could have compared.
I am sorry to hear about your shoulder injury, I hope it has not been
too detrimental to your
entering the question of ageing, and whether pre-aged wood, before an
instrument has been built, gives the same result as can be obtained by
buying a very old instrument.
A maker here in Holland used radiation to age wood. Apparently if you
leave it long enough under X-ray (or whatever, I
: howard posner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: [LUTE] Re: breaking-in a lute, not linear
Mace actually warns of the dangers of plopping down carelessly on a
bed with a lute in it, remarking that he has seen several lutes
Le 2 nov. 08 à 12:52, Nigel Solomon a écrit :
Rob MacKillop wrote:
Other break-in methods include buying it a present on its birthday,
setting a place for it at the dinner table, tying tinsel on it at
Christmas, and, yes, allowing it to sleep with you when it is
feeling
low.
Yes, Stephen reminded me Mace does suggest storing your lute in your
bed!
(Can't find the quotation right now)
Just must remember it's sleeping there...
Anthony
Le 2 nov. 08 à 11:56, Rob MacKillop a écrit :
Other break-in methods include buying it a present on its birthday,
setting a place
Daniel
I think David Tayler's experiment may show how the two
processes, (1) the break-in of the lute and (2) the response to
the lute of the lutist (if he is closely monitoring his playing to
produce the best resonances) could be linked.
It is also possible that a forced break-in
Rob MacKillop wrote:
Other break-in methods include buying it a present on its birthday,
setting a place for it at the dinner table, tying tinsel on it at
Christmas, and, yes, allowing it to sleep with you when it is feeling
low.
Follow this, and your lute will love you forever.
Mace actually warns of the dangers of plopping down carelessly on a
bed with a lute in it, remarking that he has seen several lutes
spoil'd with such a trick or words to that effect. I used to have
the passage glued to my lute case, but that was a couple of decades
and a couple of baroque
hi, Howard,
what do you mean with passage glued to my lute case?
Manolo
El 02/11/2008, a las 15:36, howard posner escribió:
Mace actually warns of the dangers of plopping down carelessly on a
bed with a lute in it, remarking that he has seen several lutes
spoil'd with such a trick or
On Nov 2, 2008, at 9:06 AM, ml wrote:
hi, Howard,
what do you mean with passage glued to my lute case?
I mean I photocopied the pages from Mace, cut out the parts about
keeping the lute in a bed but being careful not to flop down on it,
and glued them to the case.
--
To get on or off this
ha, ha, ha...!
nice story!
so you did need a reminder, did you?
El 02/11/2008, a las 19:36, howard posner escribió:
On Nov 2, 2008, at 9:06 AM, ml wrote:
hi, Howard,
what do you mean with passage glued to my lute case?
I mean I photocopied the pages from Mace, cut out the parts about
I have been hanging back on this thread but thoroughly enjoying it.
Having broken in a very nice 6c by M. Haycock since 2001 it supports a
few ideas I have had too. I've played it almost every day since,
usually for hours at stretch, always w/ roped gut bases and mostly
gutted throughout
Thanks David, I will certainly try that, and I think many people will
benefit from your thoughts on this issue.
Le 1 nov. 08 à 01:19, David Tayler a écrit :
One very good excercise to break in a lute is to hold the lute in
your lap with the soundboard facing the ceiling (if you have one).
I'm not so sure about the idea of beating a lute into
submission...maybe we should concentrate more on breaking in the lute
player? Each new instrument can teach us a lot, if we have ears to
learn. I have to subtly change my RH technique with every instrument I
play. Each instrument
I agree 100% Rob ;-)
Val
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I'm not so sure about the idea
Me too.
M
Sauvage Valéry wrote:
I agree 100% Rob ;-)
Val
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Rob
I enjoyed your funny story, in chalk-scraping-on-the-
blackboard sort of way, and can empathize with your feelings about
handing your lutes 'n guitars over to other players. I have had a
problem with handing my gut strung lute over to one or two synthetics
users who tended to
Dear Rob, Martin, Val and all
Only a second thought about second hand lutes: Of course I see
what you mean about avoiding them, in that if breaking-in is
frequency and pattern dependent, then each player would break-in a
lute differently (and be broken-in by the lute differently).
Just another afterthought - as a lutemaker I get a bit worried by this
word breaking being bandied about so much! Michael Lowe reckons he
spent the first 30 years of his career making lutes, the second 30
mending them...
Martin
Anthony Hind wrote:
Dear Rob, Martin, Val and all
Only a
Martin
Breaking-in seems to be the expression used on violin sites,
perhaps a
Le 1 nov. 08 à 18:54, Martin Shepherd a écrit :
Just another afterthought - as a lutemaker I get a bit worried by
this word breaking being bandied about so much! Michael Lowe
reckons he spent the first
Dear Martin
Your remark left me wondering whether you do not believe that a
process of change can take place which makes the lute better respond,
resonating more freely (as David Tayler has explained), or whether it
is just the expression, breaking-in (which is of course an
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Somebody on the French lute site mentioned recently that Paul
O'Dette plays every position on every string (i.e. working up and
down the neck)
FWIW, it took my swan neck _years_ to break in.
Mathias
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Somebody on the French lute site mentioned
One very good excercise to break in a lute is to hold the lute in
your lap with the soundboard facing the ceiling (if you have one).
Start by plucking a very slow but firm rest stroke on the second
course till you get one bell like, clean sound. Use the index finger,
pulling towards you. Adjust
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