My lute was made by Jiri Cepelak in 2002 (as I bought second hand I had no contact with Cepelak) - here you can see it:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9512640/LauxMaler_Cepelak.jpg https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9512640/LauxMahler_Rosette.jpg best Dieter Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juni 2014 um 16:39 Uhr Von: "r.turov...@gmail.com" <r.turov...@gmail.com> An: "Dieter Schmidt" <dieter.schmidt...@gmx.net>, "Lauten Maillist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Betreff: Re: [LUTE] Re: Converts there are too many aspects to consider. when was yours made, and by who? RT On 6/27/2014 10:34 AM, Dieter Schmidt wrote: > hmmmm, > so you think that the barring was changed - could they have conserved > the top? The top seems original to me because of the rose which I saw > too in a copy of the 6 course Laux Maler lute and in a baroque lute > that was made for M. Yisrael - who observes: > > " This instrument is absolutely different from any other lute I've > played," > > What I know is that renaissance lutes were converted conserving the > shell, sometimes trunkating it. > > I still wonder if a converted lute sounds like a baroque one that was > newly designed. In my lute the basses are less powerfull and it has > less resonances (what avoids problems). > > best > Dieter > Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Juni 2014 um 14:39 Uhr > Von: "r.turov...@gmail.com" <r.turov...@gmail.com> > An: "Matthew Daillie" <dail...@club-internet.fr>, "Dieter Schmidt" > <dieter.schmidt...@gmx.net> > Cc: "Lauten Maillist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Converts > the museum photos show full-fledged baroque fan-barring. > RT > On 6/27/2014 7:51 AM, Matthew Daillie wrote: > > In my opinion, if only the neck was changed, then the conversion is > not complete. Generally baroque barring would be quite different, to > what degree depending to an extent on what the lute was converted from > (early 6-course or late 10-course?). > > > > Best > > > > Matthew > > > > > > On 27 juin 2014, at 11:00, Dieter Schmidt <dieter.schmidt...@gmx.net> > wrote: > > > >> Dear collected wisdom, > >> > >> I have a lute, which is rebuilt the model MI54 in the Germanic > National > >> Museum. > >> > >> [1][1]http://objektkatalog.gnm.de/objekt/MI54 > >> > >> This is a shell and top of Laux Maler converted into a baroque lute. > >> The instrument has the possibilities to play a baroque lute (13 > course > >> swan neck), but the sound is more of a renaissance lute (a bit > "dry"). > >> My question is whether this is generally the case. Do lutes that are > >> converted from a renaissance lute to a baroque one (only changed the > >> neck) sound like renaissance lutes and only those instruments that > are > >> designed as baroque lutes have the typical sound (resonance)? > >> > >> Thank you and best regards > >> Dieter > >> > >> > >> To get on or off this list see list information at > >> [2][2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > References > > 1. [3]http://objektkatalog.gnm.de/objekt/MI54 > 2. [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > References 1. http://objektkatalog.gnm.de/objekt/MI54 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 3. http://objektkatalog.gnm.de/objekt/MI54 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
