We could have some form of "French" tuning pegs such as exist on my 5 string
double bass. They combine a gear with a wooden peg under slight friction. I
like them so much on my bass that I've often wished I had them on my lutes,
baroque guitar and gamba also. Maybe we can get the ear of a luthier on
this.
Gary
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute list" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>;
"Caroline Usher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: Newbie Question #2
> Vance Wood wrote:
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> "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.
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>> What you mean we, white man?
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>> ;-)
>> Caroline
>> Caroline Usher
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>> 613-8155, Box 91000
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