A better example of a buzzy would be a bray harp, which were fairly common in the Renaissance. I know several folks who own them, although I've never actually seen them engage the bray pegs...
IIRC Crawford Young said that he is having a "bray lute" built, since there is apparently some evidence for such instruments (not sure if it was for Ren or Medieval). Guy -----Original Message----- From: Sauvage Valéry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:22 PM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute sound > > There's no such thing as sound that's objectively best. As soon as > you say "best" you've eliminated objectivity from consideration. > Well I'm not with you on this point... If you can't hear where the instrument is best sounding... and best can be objective (ask some acoustician specialists or as I said, ask a luthier...) > > I think people who listened to krumhorns might enjoy buzzing strings. > -- > Have you ever heard well played krumhorns quartet ? Heavenly melodies > ;-)))) Val (don't take me too serious, as I'm not, Alas...) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
