Anthony,
Jaroslaw
Just one question, first, did you receive my message from the lute
list, or was it quite empty.
I have been told that some people received a blank message (probably
with some relief).
Yes, I received your message. Sorry for not replying straight away.
Sometimes I'm not at home for a longer period of time.
Yes but we can see what they were trying to do by looking at instrument
structure, not so easilly by looking at strings, as there are not many
available, except the Mest string.
I agree that instruments give us some indications on what the tendency
of lute evolution was, however we shouldn't forget old writings which
give us some clues too.
We can see from the sympathetic stringing that they were indeed trying
to obtain more sustain, but they could have just put them on the bass
end, if it was only bass sustain they were interested in.
I didn't say they were interested only in bass sustain. I was talking
about bass strings because this is how our conversation began, but you
are right that they were trying to enhance sonority of lutes in general.
But I am not only interested in the question at a practical level. I do
happen to be interested in the whole Bass string mystery question. In
relation to that, we can also discuss the Lang Lay rope solution of
George, the Spring rope solution of Charles, as well as HT and low
tension, or Mimmo's loaded solution. All these hopefully, along with
wire wounds can give more varied performances, but actually, I am also
interested in the theoretical debate.
PARA
I know that first and foremost, you are a practical musician, so this
may not interest you quite so much, but personally I wouldlisten to the
general argumentation, even if the strings were not makeable at
present. I am glad there are attempts at realizing them that do work,
but I read archeological discussions, that have no obvious practical
repercussions, and enjoy the reasoning, per se.
I am not sure why you have this impression that I am not interested in
solving the mystery of historical strings, on the contrary this is one
of my favourite topics as you can see, because type of stringing has
very big influence on lute's sound. I'm just not so convinced about what
we already have.
Anyway, thank you for interesting conversation.
Best wishes
Jaroslaw
Thanks again for making le think.
All the best
Anthony
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