> -----Original Message----- > From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com] > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:20 AM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Cc: 'Vihuelalist' > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee > > Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > Oleg is a great scholar and fine player now based in Iowa City, but his > > "goes to eleven." > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Timofeyev > > > > Eugene > > > > > Interesting. I got the information about the Russian 10-string guitar > from Oleg's Ph.D thesis (page 58). When I was looking around online I > could only find information (via MO's site) about 11-string Russian > guitars:7+4. > > Oleg is saying, in his thesis, that Russian guitars with extra basses > have the same range as ordinary Russian guitars tuned down a tone. Maybe > he has changed his mind. I've never seen music for Russian guitars with > extra basses. > > > Stuart >
[Eugene C. Braig IV] I'm fairly certain Oleg would be happy to discuss such matters. I haven't been very faithful about patrolling it for a while, but when I was there with frequency, Oleg was a semi-regular at this forum (requires registration): http://lists.topica.com/lists/guitar-summit Oleg's own site: http://www.semistrunka.com/ I've handled Oleg's 11-string guitar, but I just cannot remember the maker or details. I believe it to be a product of the later 19th c. It is very much in the style of the ca. 1860 10-string instruments of the Austrian school typified by Scherzer, but sporting a label in Cyrillic characters (of which I have no ken), 11 strings, and a funny tuning (of course, a core of D-G-B-d-g-b-d'). If you do a Google video search for "Oleg Timofeyev", you'll find many examples of him playing it, often in duo. Best, Eugene PS Organologists note: I made up that subject designation. It is word play only and not a proper reference to any instrument type of which I am aware, so please chuckle rather than hassle me for it. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
