I suppose to the three hypotheses, mentioned in my previous message,
I should add something about the apparent success of demi-filé,
probably around the same time that swannecks became "popular".
There are arguments about whether the extension on swan-necked lutes
had pure gut or demifilé, o
Once you learn to use gut, you will not want to go back.
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At 05:25 PM 1/14/2009 -0800, sterling price wrote:
>I have a Widhalm that does have fan-barring and a soundboard carefully
>thicknessed as the original (assuming that the original has not been
>altered over the years). It also has a ba
I have a Widhalm that does have fan-barring and a soundboard carefully
thicknessed as the original (assuming that the original has not been altered
over the years). It also has a bass extension based on the 1764 Martin Brunner
which is very similar to the Jauch extension. This pegbox, as you all
Matthias, thanks for your comments.
Le 14 janv. 09 à 18:56, Mathias Rösel a écrit :
>> There have been discussions on the issue of barring (fan versus J-
>> barring) on this list, but I don't think there is any automatic
>> relation between swan-necks and fan-barring,
>
> Well, there is. Provided
