Howard, you of all people should know that ignorance of the law is no excuse! But I did exaggerate. 6th course unison on a Baroque lute is only an equipment violation. Officer Ed Martin of the LSAPD pulled me over a few years and issued me a fix-it ticket. I have never gotten a speeding ticket except on the Renaissance lute, where I've been known to put the pedal to the medal occasionally. Don't even mention PUI violations!
It's obvious that Jakob was deliberately skirting the letter of the law & subverting the mores of polite society by having a glamorous & famous female "Octave Incubater" in his employ, a dubious practice most often connected to the decadent European elite. Or he is just an incredibly dedicated & resourceful musician. What do I know? Dan On Nov 20, 2011, at 11:03 AM, howard posner wrote: > > On Nov 20, 2011, at 7:07 AM, Monica Hall wrote: > >> . I prefer the simplicity of a 13 course Baroque >> lute; and I tell no one that I string my 6th course in unisons- direct >> violation of Canon Law.) > > A good many players seem to be unaware of such a law. At an LSA some years > ago, when loaded gut was still novel, Jakob Lindberg did a concert on his > 13-course in which he used a unison sixth course before intermission and > octaves after intermission. Kathy Liddell "incubated" the after-intermission > string for him on her lute. > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
