Dear Martin and others-- Could you give advice on specifics for stringing an attiorbato with no wound strings? I have an attiorbato sized 57x85 and it is currently tuned in g at 415hz. All double courses except the top string. At this size should I go to a higher pitch? I would like to try nylgut or similar. I have long loved the liuto attiorbato as I think it is the perfect all purpose lute. One can play almost 100 percent of the lute rep, from renaissance to baroque ( with the correct strings of course). Sterling
Sent from my iPad On Oct 18, 2014, at 10:49 AM, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: > Martin- that is one sweet looking masterpiece; I would have killed for one > (or paid you to build one!) back in 1999 when I was working on Piccinini a > whole lot. Perfect symmetry! The historic survivors vary a bit in this > regard, yours looks just like one of the better ones that I have seen. Not > being able to get one was part of what prompted me to go for a "Chambure" > vihuela copy when I became aware of that new find. > > I like how your playing smooths out on the Piccinini as you get further into > the piece- I hope you can build one for yourself, so that your own playing > comes up to your 6-course fluency. > > The double chanterelle is a feature that I have been struggling with (on the > Vihuela) for years; first it took a long time to get the stringing to work- > string material/diameter/tension/pitch level combo right, and then more time > getting the touch right. But so worth it! At it's best, there is a wonderful > concord & unity with all the other double courses, but when out of sorts or > practice it can really suck. I can see why there was such controversy about > double vs. single for quite a while back in the day. > > I would conjecture that some modern approaches to the liuto attorbiato design > with short but single diapasons are indeed taking advantage of wire overspun > basses that have enough harmonic overtones to get away with no 8ve strings, > but can still give a bit of the feel of that long, extended neck growl and > twang so typical of archlutes & theorbi. For the liuto attorbiato, I much > prefer your solution- because it is not, after all, an archlute (much less a > theorbo). > > Congrats, and I hope you build more! > > Dan > > On 10/18/2014 8:06 AM, Martin Shepherd wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> You can now see and hear more detail on this project, including some of the >> considerations which went into it, at: >> >> http://www.luteshop.co.uk/Liuto_Attiorbato.html >> >> Martin >> >> >> --- >> This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus >> protection is active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
