Yes, and after the fix-it ticket, you still did not fix it. We need to send Interpol Lute Squd to set you straight.
At 06:52 PM 11/20/2011, Daniel Winheld wrote: >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 Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: e...@gamutstrings.com voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute http://magnatune.com/artists/edward_martin
