[LUTE] Re: Aquila Loaded Nylgut sustain

[David Morales]

   Yes, we have some quotes and images on our blog related to that topic
   in the interview with M. Peruffo regarding these loaded strings.
   Check it out here:
   [1]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/new-loaded-synthetic-bass-strings-by-
   aquila-corde/
   Copied here:
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   Let's take a look at [2]Harmonie universelle, contenant la théorie et
   la pratique de la musique, written by Marin Mersenne and published in
   Paris in 1636. It represented the sum of musical knowledge during his
   lifetime (available [3]at gallica).

   Here, Mersenne give us some clues about the sound of the bass strings:
     * D'abondant l'on experimente que les airs des Balets & des Violons
       existent dauantage à raison de leur gayeté qui vient de la
       promptitude de leurs
       movements, ou de leurs sons aigus, que les   airs que l'on joué
       sur le Luth, ou sur les basses de Violes, lesquels sont pour
       l'ordinaire plus graves & plus languissans .

     * Quant au nombre des retours de chaque chorde, il est tres-grand
       auant qu'elle se repose, car il est certain qu elle sc meut
       tousiours tandis que Ton en oyt le son, ôc que le son des grosses
       chordes de Luth est apperceu de Toreille durant la sixiesme partie,
       ou le tiers d'vne minute , c'est à dire pendant que Tartere du
       poux d'vn homme sain, ôc Ãà ns émotion bat dix, ou vingt fois: de
       sorte qu'il ne reste qu'Ã  remarquer combien de fois la chorde bat
       Tair dans vne seconde minute, pour sçauoir combien elle le frappe
       auant que de se repose

   Regards.

   2017-01-08 20:23 GMT+01:00 Rob MacKillop <[4]robmackil...@gmail.com>:

        I was being lazy. He doesn't mention seconds, rather heart beats,
     if I
        remember correctly. Hopefully someone can supply the original.
        Rob
        On 8 Jan 2017, at 18:54, Christopher Wilke
     <[1][5]chriswi...@yahoo.com>
        wrote:
        Hi Rob,
        What exactly is the quote in Mersenne about the 20 second
     sustain?
        Although my French is very poor, I've attempted to find it to no
     avail.
        Chris
        [2]Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
        On Sunday, January 8, 2017, 10:59 AM, Rob MacKillop
        <[3][6]robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote:
          Here's a very short video comparing the sustain time of a new
     Aquila
          Loaded Nylgut string and a Savarez copper-wound nylon-silk core
     bass
          string.
          [1][4][7]https://youtu.be/8FVJMk_Xjv0
          My ears hear better than the microphone, and the useable
     sustain on
        the
          Aquila string is 4 seconds, while the Savarez is a long 8
     seconds.
          With the Savarez, you will be required to stop pretty much
     every note
          you play in the bass. With the Aquila, less so.
          The Aquila do remind me of gut basses. I used to have an 11c
        completely
          strung in gut, and these loaded nylgut strings are very, very
     close.
          On the other hand...Mersenne says his basses sustain for almost
     20
          seconds!!!
          I'll stick with the Aquila.
          Rob
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References

   1. 
http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/new-loaded-synthetic-bass-strings-by-aquila-corde/
   2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonie_universelle
   3. http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5471093v.r=.langFR
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