You cannot argue with a Guitar player about fixed metal frets, especially if
their only exposure to the Lute is at a distance. They have to have first
hand experience with gut frets and the fineness of the sound before they
start to grasp the significance of them. Don't even try discussing
different temperament, that's like having that discussion with a piano
player.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Narada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Alan Hoyle'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "'Lute List'" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 3:44 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: historical lute stringings
A tiny dot on the 3rd, 5th and 7th for me, only because as a geeetarist I
like the reference it gives me, so I've carried it over to the lute.
I'd also like the lists opinion on fixed metal frets, I had a rather
heated
discussion with a classical guitarist recently who was very critical of
what
he called the 'plastic frets' that we lutenists use.
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Hoyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 04 November 2007 19:43
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Daniel Winheld
Subject: [LUTE] Re: historical lute stringings
For what it's worth...
Perhaps the difference is that we lutenists daren't take our eyes off the
tablature, and so we have to find our way about the neck of our instrument
by touch, not sight. Having said that, I think I might just stick
something
close tothe 7th fret...
Alan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Winheld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2007 6:15 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: historical lute stringings
> "I think Mimmo Peruffo may not reply because he may not want
to appear to be advertising his wares on this list. It is a
difficult situation for string makers and lute makers whenever they
communicate, it could be considered that indirectly they are trying
to sell their wares."
Couple of thoughts- I'm sure that Mimmo, our most advanced, dedicated
commercial stringmaker, wouldn't merely be sharing his latest
conclusions and historical/scientific research results just for the
hell of it- something's got to be up; and he knows how badly some of
us want the next inevitable step to fall (waiting patiently for the
other shoe to drop?) in regard to the loaded gut bass strings. They
were so close! -But as pointed out, too many problems and headaches
involved.
I still have a pair of perfectly matched, in tune, loaded guts for
the only satisfactory unison pairing of this string type I've
encountered for the 6th course of my 7 course Andreas Holst lute. At
the 2005 LSA event in Cleveland Cathy Liddell was still wearing a
very carefully maintained set of loaded gut bass fundamentals 6 - 11
on her Baroque lute.
Come on, Mimmo! You've got our attention, big time- unload the loaded
guts on us- please! Dan
P.S.- How many of us have had success- long term, that is, playing
cleanly and maintaining in tune the doubled first course, any string
material or on any instrument?
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