>This topic is somewhat interesting to me. At what point >does an original
>design cease to be a reproduction of an early instrument >and become
>something new? When will big, flat-backed lutes built for renaissance
>tuning and incorporating Kasha/Schneider bracing >systems and bridge
designs
>sweep the lute world? Why not use geared tuners? >Etc?
Richard Schneider brought one of his guitars by my house for me to take
a look at years ago, and tried to convert me to the Kasha doctrine, with no
luck I might add.
The masters of the past had figured everything out centuries ago. I
believe if someone makes an original lute one should call it original,
nothing wrong with making original instruments, if one has already spent
years studying historical ones.
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Lute net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: Schelle lute
> At 10:29 AM 4/20/2005, Roman Turovsky wrote:
> >The differences between slender lutes's shells like Schelle, Tielke, Frei
> >are so visually insignificant, that luthiers do as they please with their
> >nomenclatures. And the best ones' designs are original rather than
slavish
> >copies.
>
>
> This topic is somewhat interesting to me. At what point does an original
> design cease to be a reproduction of an early instrument and become
> something new? When will big, flat-backed lutes built for renaissance
> tuning and incorporating Kasha/Schneider bracing systems and bridge
designs
> sweep the lute world? Why not use geared tuners? Etc?
>
> Here's an example:
> <http://www.daniellarson.com/mandolins/mandolino/mandolino.htm>.
> Dan's instruments sound as nice as any I've encountered. He credits
> Lambert as the prototype of this design, but anybody familiar with either
> of the extant Lamberts (that in the V&A, after which this one is allegedly
> patterned, or that in Paris's Cite de la Musique) know that the
> proportions, materials, decor, etc. of these things in no way resemble the
> original. Should this be called a reproduction of a Lambert, one of "own
> design," or even a "period" instrument at all?
>
> Best,
> Eugene
>
>
>
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