Or they thought lute players were damp. Of course in German, that might mean "steamy."
dt At 06:35 AM 1/21/2010, you wrote: >To add to the confusion: 17th c. harpsichord makers added another >feature called a buff stop that had the opposite effect - it pressed >leather pads against the strings to mute them. French and German >makers called this respectively a 'registre de luth' or 'Lautenzug'. >I have no idea why this would be considered lute-like - unless lute >players were damping the strings with the heel of their right hand? > >Andrew > >common in Flemish and English models but not Italians >On 21 Jan 2010, at 09:25, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > > > There seems to be some confusion here: the reference wasn't to > > exotic > > instruments (such as the lute-harpsichord/lautenclavicymbal etc) > > but to > > normal run of the mill English harpsichords in which an > > additional row > > of jacks placed closer to the bridge than the main ones was/is > > called > > the 'lute stop' (sometimes 'theorbo stop'). Hence my remark that > > this > > also supports a closer to the bridge (and more brittle/brilliant > > sound) > > hand position than is the fashion today for 'baroque' lutes. > > > > MH > > > > > >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
