To all:
For those in the northeastern Ohio area, I would like to announce an
important concert to be held at an excellent venue. Mignarda, a professional
vocal ensemble specializing in renaissance polyphony and directed by
lutenist, Ron Andrico, will present Italia mia, a progr
Been there, done that. Then my fingers started fraying.
(just kidding)
Al
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From: "The Other" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Miles Dempster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: Gut strings - chanterelle
> On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 08:28:56
On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 08:28:56 -0500, Miles Dempster
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So: A gut chanterelle is the most desirable and yet the most fragile.
> As far as I understand it, the glue, which has a very low surface
> tension, quickly penetrates the fibres, and has the effect of binding
> the
On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:30:01 +1000, uqcmeach
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have found all the discussion and information on gut strings very
> interesting. However, stringing with gut may not be a good idea for =
> complete
> beginners like myself since they don't seem to last very long!
> Caroli
Dear Mimmo,
I took the liberty of posting this on the lute net, hope its OK.
Great,
I hope you and your wife will have time to visit me here.
May is a very nice time here in Vicenza.
The article sent you it is very old now and so it need some up- date.
In fact, there are some other th
Dear Martin
Here is the refference I was reffering to It's from the larger =
articale by Mimmo Peruffo, not an email as I thought.
1. Bridge holes
The hypothesis that the loading of gut could have been the common and
relevant characteristic of bass strings employed between 16th and 18th
ce
Dear Ed, and all
I'm sure your aware of the Joseph Pons guitar that was found in a bank
vault in London, in perfect unplayed condition. This guitar was a gift by
Giuliani to Mr.De Monte, and formally belonged to Empress Marie-Louise,
Napoleons wife.
What is unique about this guitar, is the
Am wondering what the shelf life for non-varnished gut strings is? (I
bought spares for my octaves, which I really am pleased with the sound
that gut produces when used for this particular purpose). Should I store
these in any special way (refrigerated perhaps)?
Danke Schoen!
Greg--
To ge
Well of course I reused the string. No one is cheaper than me. :-)
Actually, I tried something different this time. Instead of reversing
it, I simply pulled it through the hole in the bridge until it was
nearly spent at the peg and then retied the knot on the bridge. I did
this out of pure lazi
Hi Ed:
I noticed your problem about some of your trebles going false. I have a
solution that works for me. Remove the strings and flip them over so that
what was once at the bridge now gets tied at the peg and the peg end is now
tied at the bridge. I have a theory that as you play the strings b
So: A gut chanterelle is the most desirable and yet the most fragile.
Eliott Chapin, as he described in a previous posting to this list, has
devised a way for extending the life of gut strings, chanterelles in
particular:
1. Before assembling the string on the lute, raise it to the
approximate
> the only alternative. Then David van Oijen introduced me to PVF and it
Ouch! The sins of the past come haunting us, no escape. I did in Lacoste
some 15 years ago, didn't I? I even had two carbon bass strings on my
theorbo, If I remember correclty. I repent. Or to quote Toyohiko, who
introduc
Dear Michael,
Just a point of clarification - the Burwell tutor makes no mention of
metal-wound strings.
Best wishes,
Martin
Michael Thames wrote:
> The shift to fan bracing would also suggest the use of more dense bass
>strings, perhaps they played around with metal wound strings. The
James,
> It seems ironic for people who think gut has the best sound, to
sacrifice
> that sound on the chanterelle, where it probably has the most noticeable
> effect... It almost makes more sense (unless you can afford to buy all
gut strings)
> to have nylgut or nylon (which can literally last
Ed and Ed,
I concur. I don't have the "time in grade" on the lute to speak of string
life, but I do have other instruments. My 26 string double strung harp (52
strings in toto) was first tuned up about three years ago with nylon
strings. I've had to change some strings one or more times (I keep a
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