You should read the latest journal of the LSA which discusses this topic in depth. Surely we can agree that many baroque lutes didn't begin life with 13 courses. Sterling --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> They were MOSTLY building "from scratch", and from > time to time putting in a > fake label, for self-evident reasons. > RT > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://polyhymnion.org/swv > > > So you are saying that J.J. Edlinger and J.C. > Hoffman > > were not inteligent? That is what they spent most > of > > their time doing besides making violins. > > Sterling > > > >> He would never do this, if he were intelligent. > >> RT > >> > >>> Obviously I would take it to my neighborhood > >> expert > >>> luthier of course silly:) > >>> Sterling > >>> --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> According to luthier-friend this type of sorry > >>>> "expediency" is exactly what > >>>> was the cause of low survival rate of baroque > >> lutes. > >>>> This is not as bad as > >>>> cello-pins for lutes, but DON'T TRY THIS AT > HOME. > >>>> Earlier lutes just don't > >>>> have enough wood to hold 13 courses. > >>>> RT > >>>> ______________ > >>>> Roman M. Turovsky > >>>> http://polyhymnion.org/swv > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> From: sterling price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> I have been interested in this for a while. It > >>>> seems > >>>>> to me to be a valuable insight into historical > >>>> lute > >>>>> construction, i.e to convert a rennaissance > lute > >>>> to a > >>>>> baroque lute rather than only replicate the > >> final > >>>>> product. Ed-I think you should now convert the > >> 11c > >>>> to > >>>>> a bassrider 13! If I had an 11c lute I would > >>>>> immedeatly convert it to 13. > >>>>> Sterling Price > >>>>> --- Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> baroque lute. In consulting Dan Larson, he > >>>> thought > >>>>>> it was a great idea, > >>>>>> and as there is precedence for doing this, he > >> did > >>>>>> it. He had to: > >>>>>> 1. Make a new neck & peg box > >>>>>> 2. Make a new bridge > >>>>>> 3. Open the instrument & brace it > differently, > >>>> so > >>>>>> it could accommodate a > >>>>>> wider bridge. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> __________________________________ > >>>>> Do you Yahoo!? > >>>>> Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > >>>>> http://my.yahoo.com > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> To get on or off this list see list > information > >> at > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> __________________________________ > >>> Do you Yahoo!? > >>> Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail > >> SpamGuard. > >>> http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
