Thanks Theo and Anthony, Yes, these gimped strings are new to me, the Pistoys too. So it's not just a case of getting used to 11 courses and new repertoire, but new strings also. I will doubtless experiment a bit over time, but gut basses are expensive! I'd love to hear your Andy Rutherford 11c, Theo, and Anthony's Gottlieb when it arrives. Mary Burwell said the French fashion was for a single 11th course - I might try that with a thicker fundamental.
I'm probably finished recording for the moment, but might take you up on the idea of recording the same piece in a couple of months, just to see what differences there are. Rob www.rmguitar.info -----Original Message----- From: T. Diehl-Peshkur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 December 2007 10:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: new sound file for 11c Hi Rob, Thanks for the link, very nice! >From my own experience, I picked up my Andy Rutherford 11 course about a 2 months ago, all gut, with gimped basses from Larson. The basses developed quite dramatically in the first few month- especially after working on them vigorously for some time. I think it is a combination of the string developing as well as the soundboard. My suspicion is that in about a month or two, those basses of yours are going to be quite different. It would be fun to record the same piece again at that time to see what happens! Cheers, Theo From: Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:19:14 -0000 To: <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] new sound file for 11c I've made an mp3 of the Chaconne in Am by de Visee with my right hand little finger resting on the bridge. This technique is depicted in a number of paintings and seems to work well with all-gut strings. I once tried it on a lute strung in nylon and it sounded quite poor. I think it works well with gut, so might try to adopt it as my 11c technique. On the other hand (not literally) the famous painting/engraving of Mouton has his hand a little further from the bridge with little finger on the sound board, but still nowhere near the rose. The gimped strings seem to have settled. Here it is: http://www.rmguitar.info/Maler.htm - scroll to the bottom of the page. Man, I love this lute! Please excuse all this sudden enthusiasm! Rob www.rmguitar.info -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
