----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Dorsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'LGS-Europe'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2006 3:51 PM Subject: RE: [LUTE] Re: Frei body renaissance lute
> > > Sir, > > I take the greatest exception to your comments. "Poor customer" indeed? In > the configuration of this instrument I am merely accommodating the > client's > wishes and counseled him accordingly. I posted the original email to the > Lute-Builder list and it was not intended for the general Lute List. The > customer monitors that list. Somehow it was forwarded to the Lute List. > > I am both willing and experienced in renaissance lutes, studied with > Robert > Lundberg and offer my instruments at a much more affordable price than > most > of your vaunted and overpriced European makers. Perhaps you might take the > time to look at my web site http://RobDorsey.com and read the comment from > a > recent client at http://RobDorsey.com/client_comments.htm . You might also > check out my pricing. I am on a quest to put quality instruments into the > hands of those who might not otherwise be able to afford them and am > booked > up through next year. I spend an inordinate amount of time with each > client > to make certain that their lute is just what they wanted. No other makers, > to my knowledge, send progress photos and reports to each client during > the > build and work as hard to accommodate every request. > > May I suggest that you take up the chisel and scraper, create instruments > yourself and then, and only then, will I consider you qualified to > criticize. Regarding what works and what doesn't, I'm pretty sure that I > know at least as much as you do. I make instruments that play and sound > wonderfully with just wood, glue, some simple tools and the skill of my > own > hands. Apparently, you make criticism. At the end of the day, who has the > best product? > > Rob Dorsey, Luthier > http://RobDorsey.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LGS-Europe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 27, 2006 3:19 PM > To: List Lute > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Frei body renaissance lute > >> a smaller Frei body. I'm basically a baroque lute maker and I have to >> have my arm bent to accept a commission for a renaissance instrument >> therefore I > .. >> for g at 65cm so we'll see. It's at 440 as well. > > > Poor customer. He'll get an instrument from a maker who's unwilling to > make > it and inexperienced at the model and it'll have a string length that's > universally considered inconvenient for the pitch. I would appreciate it > under such circumstanes if a maker would send me on to someone who is > willing and experienced at the model and would talk sense to me about the > string length. > > David - with g'-lutes at 59, 61 (440Hz), 62 and 64cm (415Hz) > > > **************************** > David van Ooijen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.davidvanooijen.nl > **************************** > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
