Hi Daniel: You will notice that I said very few instruments (refering to Lutes) existant from the Renniasance period, in fact there is only one 6 course instrument that is believed to be in original condition. There may be an abundance of instruments but precious few in original condition or configuration. Most have been converted. As to Medieivel instruments there are none that I know of, which is I believe the original question. ----- Original Message ----- From: Daniel F Heiman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:32 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Octave string question
Vance: There are somewhere around 800 "original" instruments in existence. It is certainly not true that we can know every detail of every maker's work, but there is still quite a bit of information that can be gleaned from them. For a database, see: http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~lsa/associated/index.html#Lautenweltadressbuch If you do a search, typing 15 into the date field, you will see quite a few hits for instruments originally built in the 1500s. Regards, Daniel Heiman On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 18:32:02 -0500 "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It is my understanding that we are pretty much guessing on both > sound > quality and stringing of Medieval Lutes. As far as I know there are > no > authentic Medieval Lutes in existence and very few Renaissance one > for that > matter. There are probably some pretty good guesses to be made by > some well > researched scholars but other than that it's still a guess as is > almost > everything about the Lute. As to nylgut, it is not historical, it > is a > modern attempt to make a synthetic--ish string that responds like > the more > traditional Gut. > > I understand the stuff makes a pretty good sound, a lot like gut, > but it's > not gut. I prefer, at this point in my life, plain old cheap nylon. > Maybe > it does not sound as good as gut but the way I play it probably > would not > make much of a difference anyway so why spend the big bucks for > strings? If > however you are an active performer you might want to consider > better > options than plain old nylon. > > Vance Wood. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 1:54 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Octave string question > > > > >> > > playing late 16th c. vs. Medieval music) perspective. I'm curious > about > the > > difference in sound quality as well as the historicity of > > << > > > > Since when is nylgut historical? > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > --
