Rob
Yes, I was being a little facetious about synthetics, but I do
think there can be a plasticky sound to some strings. As i said once
before, the effect is accumulative both for gut and for synthetics,
because of sympathetic resonances.
Here in France, I can assure you that lutes strung in gut by the lute
maker are a rarity, in England it is clearly quite different.
As I remarked in a previous messaeg, the material used as insulation
in capacitors, it is also claimed, can be heard in play back systems:
different sorts of plastics, or paper. The more of the same, the more
the particular characteristic is audible.
The figured ash back to your lute is particularly beautiful, as I
said previously We all congratulated, you, the happy owner, but we
should also have congratulated Martin. That was what I was trying to
do, as I happen to know this is part of a long project
Anthony
Le 14 déc. 07 à 16:46, Rob a écrit :
By plastic you meant nylon strings, I suppose. I thought for a
moment you
were referring to the body!
Rob
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-----Original Message-----
From: Anthony Hind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 14 December 2007 15:18
To: Baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: new sound file for 11c
Rob
How could it have meant anything else?
Small point of "grammar"? I suppose I should have said "plastics" as
opposed to "plastic".
A friend who has recently begun to move from synthetics to gut, told
me he realized that the presence of even a small ammount of gut frees
up the sound. Just as you suggested for the small number of ribs .
This gives me an idea that lute makers will probably not like. How
about making a lute in an acoustically predictable material (ie not
wood), and then experimenting with different numbers of ribs to see
what the effect really is?
The problem, is that when you compare, even two almost identical
lutes, the wood, the glue, the varnish are all variables that confuse
the results.
I think I remember a lute maker on the list, once said he had
experimented with papier maché and got quite good results, but there
again, papier maché is not quite predictable enough.
Oups, am I being Owlish, again …
Best Regards
Anthony
Le 14 déc. 07 à 15:58, Anthony Hind a écrit :
Plastic Ukele string free, oups sorry, no really, I don't mean it.
Anthony
Le 14 déc. 07 à 15:53, Rob a écrit :
it is very good to see that you are
finally making your 11c Malers...also that they are plastic free.
<<<
Plastic?!
Rob
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