Dear Gary, I've thought about these for some instrument or other, can't remember which, probably a clarinet, and the price of the ones in my catalogue made them prohibitive, especially if you think that you're talking about a minimum of eleven. My catalogue isn't to hand, but I think they were Schaller, and violin size, which would be too short for most lutes...
Yours, Tony ----- Original Message ----- From: "gary digman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 1:58 PM Subject: Re: Newbie Question #2 > 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: > > > > "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 > >> > >> > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
