Benjamin and Rob
Oups, sorry Benjamin, I am afraid I got part of that wrong. I think
this confusion came from what Martin Haycock said to me about using
such a lute as a G lute at 440Hz. He was obviously talking in general.
You may also have called it a G lute, but G at 392 presumably.
Nevertheless, the issue is really the same for Rob. You could have
your 11c lute transformed as a 10/11c lute, and then buy a 7c lute
(as someone else suggested on the list);
but probably in the not so distant future you will get tired of
swapping from 11c to 10c.
That is what I am sure will happen to me.
Anthony
Le 2 avr. 08 à 14:28, Benjamin Narvey a écrit :
Dear Anthony, Rob, et al.,
My 10c is indeed at 67cm, but it always lived between 392 & 415; of
course
with synthetics you could tune a lute like this up to 440 - this is
why such
a lute is a practical (if sometimes inauthentic and less than
musically
ideal) solution for those who have to accompany a host of different
voice
types with only 1 "renaissance" lute. Now that I have a 60cm 7c g
lute at
440, life is faaar simpler. (;
I think as a general rule, even if one uses synthetics, one
shouldn't use a
set up that *couldn't* work with gut. Of course, if one has only
one lute -
as was my case - this may not always be possible professionally.
That said,
if such gigs get you the money for another lute that allows for more
"authenticity" pitch-wise, as was the case with my 7c, then perhaps
there is
an argument to be made!
All best,
Benjamin
When i think of it, Benjamin's Warwick is about 66,5 or
67cm and
for a time I think he did use it as a G lute in its 10c form, but
with
synthetic strings. I think that was before he acquired a 60cm G
lute. You
might ask him what the problems might have been, if indeed he had any
problems with this set-up. Of course, as Ed says, in gut, that
just would
not be feasible at all.
Regards
Anthony
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