[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack Spruce

2009-09-24 Thread Anthony Hind
Dear Ed I am so pleased to hear your lute is back, and so we will soon be hearing more music, but even sweeter than on your excellent Conradi CD, if that is possible. I am interested to hear you mention the singing quality of your lute. This is also what struck me about my 11c

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce

2009-09-18 Thread Anthony Hind
interested in the subject Martyn --- On Tue, 15/9/09, Anthony Hind anthony.h...@noos.fr wrote: From: Anthony Hind anthony.h...@noos.fr Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Tuesday, 15 September, 2009, 10:45 AM Dear Ed I had a look

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce

2009-09-17 Thread Martyn Hodgson
...@noos.fr wrote: From: Anthony Hind anthony.h...@noos.fr Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk, baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Wednesday, 16 September, 2009, 8:54 AM Dear Martyn Le 15 sept. 09 à 16:51, Martyn Hodgson a écrit

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce

2009-09-16 Thread Anthony Hind
Ed I didn't know anything either, but thought I should try to find some basic knowledge to be able to discuss with lutemakers. I feel sure that lute players of the past had far more knowledge than we have today about woods and lute structure and how these affect the sound that they were

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce

2009-09-16 Thread Anthony Hind
: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Tuesday, 15 September, 2009, 10:45 AM Dear Ed I had a look at what guitar sites said about Adirondack, and it seems that the chief benefit of using Adirondak Spruce as a top is its stiffness to weight ratio. http

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce

2009-09-16 Thread Edward Martin
Anthony, Knowledge of various top woods is an area of which I have little knowledge, so I dare not make public statements in these areas. Concensus does state that Adirondack is a fantastic top wood, and the proof will be in the playing! ed At 02:29 AM 9/16/2009, Anthony Hind wrote: Ed

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Adirondack spruce

2009-09-14 Thread Edward Martin
I regret that I have no photos of the damaged lute. ed At 02:26 PM 9/14/2009, Marius Cruceru wrote: May we see some pictures of the damaged instrument? On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 8:54 PM, Edward Martin mailto:e...@gamutstrings.come...@gamutstrings.com wrote: Dear ones, I had an accident with my