Marion,
I see an advantage to pegs: weight! I can't
imaging how much the pegbox of a 13-course baroque
lute would weigh with metal tuning machines. My
ten-course was a real balancing act when I got it
without having to deal with even more uneven weight
distribution. Also, pegs seem to work pretty well for
modern bowed strings with metal strings and high
tension (with the exception of the bass, of course).
Chris
--- "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Vance Wood wrote:
>
> "However there is an historical accuracy not touched
> on and that is the limits of
> expediency in addressing some of the same problems
> that seem to plague us."
>
> ++I agree with Vance on this one.
> Whether we like it or not, we are stuck with
> historical accuracy.
> This past weekend I brought my 8c ren lute from the
> coast where
> it is cool and (relatively) damp to the desert where
> it is hot and dry.
> It took me an hour to tune, pegs being the way they
> are. If we
> were more interested in efficiency than were were in
> historical
> accuracy we would be using machine tuning. I can
> tune three
> or four strings on a modern instrument to within 1/4
> cent accuracy
> (the limit of the gauge) in the time it takes to
> tune one string
> on a peg given a change in ambient temperature or
> humidity.
>
> I can see some advantage in movable frets, but I
> really see no
> advantage whatsoever in pegs, other than the
> historical significance.
> Historical accuracy comes with a very high pricetag
> in terms of
> time wasted that otherwise could be used for
> practicing.
>
> Best regards,
> Marion
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Apr 4, 2005 12:22 PM
> To: lute list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>, Caroline
> Usher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Newbie Question #2
>
> Dear Caroline:
>
> In the context this was written------Yes. When it
> comes to understanding
> the instrument, the music and the
> player/authors------No. In answered to
> the question we? If that means you wish to exclude
> yourself from that
> painting with a broad brush I would like to hear
> your thoughts. If you mean
> that I am caught up in historical accuracy, which
> incidentally is not so
> because I cannot afford it, and should have not used
> the word "We" I stand
> corrected. However from the way things tend to go
> on this list it would
> seem that most are very much centered on historical
> accuracy. However there
> is an historical accuracy not touched on and that is
> the limits of
> expediency in addressing some of the same problems
> that seem to plague us.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Caroline Usher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "lute list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Newbie Question #2
>
>
> > At 11:29 AM 4/3/2005, Vance Wood wrote:
> > >I think sometimes we get too caught up in the
> historical accuracy of what
> it
> > >is we do.
> >
> > What you mean we, white man?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ;-)
> > Caroline
> > Caroline Usher
> > DCMB Administrative Coordinator
> > 613-8155, Box 91000
> > B343 LSRC
> >
> >
> >
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