And here is an mp3 of the 'Buchenberg': www.rmguitar.info/temp.htm
I wasn't allowed to tune it up to pitch, and the strings were more or less lying on the frets. Almost every note buzzed. Please believe me! I don't normally play with this tone. :-) Rob -----Original Message----- From: Anthony Hind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 09 January 2008 18:12 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: RH on the bridge [baroque Method] Thanks for trying, Rob. It shows how careful you have to be even when reading information on a museum site. I thought that would be completely trustworthy. Actually, it is surprising that there are often very strong little finger marks on historic lutes. Modern players, do their best to reduce this wear. Perhaps on the contrary for future lute analysts we should dig in and leave our mark. Miguel Serdoura in his new Baroque lute method, which is already out of print, suggests using Renaissance Wax polish, after cleaning the area thoroughly with a cloth. http://www.picreator.co.uk/articles/3_renaissance_wax.htm Has anyone else used this? Incidentally, Miguel's lute method will be coming out again in the same edition as the Damiani Renaissance method. This time you will have a choice between English and French, see at http://www.miguelserdoura.com/ Meanwhile there is the following, which is just tablature, at quite low prices: Volume 4 : Musique fran=E7aise pour luth au 17e si=E8cle, choix de 20 pi=E8ces pour luth baroque =E0 11 ch=9Curs par Jo=EBl Dugot : Gallot, Dufaut, Mouton. Volume 34 : 80 Pi=E8ces faciles pour luth baroque (11 ou 13 choeurs) choisies par Jean-Luc Bresson. Oeuvres de Dufaut, Dubut, Gautier, Logy, Pinel, Mouton, Reusner, Anonymes. Volume 29 : 31 duos fran=E7ais du XVIIe si=E8cle, pour luths baroques onze choeurs. Par Fran=E7ois-Pierre Goy at http://www.sf-luth.org/?Partitions/Le_Secret_des_Muses Regards Anthony Le 9 janv. 08 =E0 17:31, Rob a ecrit : > I actually managed to get to the museum this afternoon. I could not > see > anything approaching a finger mark anywhere between rose and > bridge, or even > behind the bridge. Which could lead us to two conclusions - either the > instrument wasn't played much, or the little finger rested on the > bridge. As > the bridge is not original, who can say. The curator could find > nothing > either. I do not think the marks around the rose are from playing the > instrument. > > Any little-fingerless players known from the 17th century? > > Rob > > www.rmguitar.info > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
