Anthony Hind wrote:
Arto
If the Rauwolf is a key to the question, David is right, and old
wood seems to go on improving. I was told that flat soundboard
instruments can suddenly die, but the Rauwolf's soundboard is a few
hundred years old. They can also be resound-boarded if there is a
problem, of course, but it is not that cheap, I think.
Then of course, there is the question of technology. Were lutes from
1986 much heavier than today? (wasn't the technological cut-off a
little earleir than that?)
Have you compared two instruments by the same maker side by side ( I
mean one from 1986 and one from 2000, for example). The problem, I am
told, is that there could sometimes be a big difference between two
lutes with even one year or less difference coming from the same
atellier. Apparently lutes are never identical, although some lute
makers are more consistent than others. Neverteheless, if you like
your lute, as much or more, than one that is more recent, why change?
Anthony
Le 8 déc. 07 à 00:53, LGS-Europe a écrit :
Dear Arto
I find my older lutes still improving, like good wines. The young
ones still have much to learn and need to grow. So don't sell your
older Barbers yet, if only because they might fetch a higher price
when still older! ;-)
David
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Subject: [LUTE] Old lutes...
Dear lutenists,
I just found out that all my lutes seem to be quite old - from 1986 -
2003. The earlier ones were mainly made by S. Barber, see
http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/mylutes.html
Should I think the knowledge and skill of making lutes today is much
better? Especially Stephen, should I sell your old lutes and buy new
ones made by you and Sandy? ;-) The old ones anyhow sound still
nice..
Bur severely, has the knowledge and skill of making lutes increased
significantly in the last ten-twenty years?
All the best,
Arto
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If anything lutes in the early 80s were lighter than today's lutes, the
fashion nowadays (perhaps for sustain) is to build them slightly heavier
than 20 years ago. Builders at that time were, to a certain extent, in
reaction to the very heavy guitar-like instruments of the 60s and 70s
and therefore made feather-weight instruments.
