----- Original Message ----- From: "Taco Walstra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 09:42 Subject: [LUTE] barto lute stringing
> Listening to a recordings of Weiss and Hagen by Roberto Barto I have been > wondering several times what kind of strings were on his lute. Sometimes it > sounds like gut sometimes it's quite "un" -gut. The difference is very clear > if you listen for example to recordings by Toyohikoh Satoh who uses low > tension gut strings on all his lutes resulting in a short warm bass sound, > something which can also be heared on early recordings by Hopkinson smith on > his 17th century lute. It's no question about the marvelous technique of > playing and interpretation by Barto, but I surely prefer the sound Satoh's > lute. > Now I came across the explanation: Barto uses nylon for the two topstrings, > gut for some other strings, Savarez again for bass strings with gut octaves. > What would be the purpose of that? > It's cheaper, but I don't think that is an explanation here. > Taco > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
