Hello Arto and all You out there,
I would say you already have one of a topmaker! If it is an early
instrument by Lars you could ask him to upgrade it. Also consider the
distance to your lutemaker. Things happen with our instruments and
when it does it's nice when the luthier is not too far away.
A
assume any conformity.
Incidentally, 68 +/- 2cm is a range of 66 to 70cm.
MH
--- On Tue, 31/5/11, David R wrote:
From: David R
Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Top luthiers of 11-courser?
To: "Martyn Hodgson"
Cc: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: T
nce of 17th century French lute music'.
regards
Martyn
--- On Tue, 31/5/11, Anthony Hind wrote:
From: Anthony Hind
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Top luthiers of 11-courser?
To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 31 May, 2011, 14:04
Dear Arto
Martyn
--- On Tue, 31/5/11, Anthony Hind wrote:
From: Anthony Hind
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Top luthiers of 11-courser?
To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesday, 31 May, 2011, 14:04
Dear Arto
The question might be what the characteristics are
On May 31, 2011, at 12:32 PM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
> The question was: what size of lute would a French lutenist around
> 1670 have generally expected? The question was not, is it possible
> to play the music on a significantly larger lute? (clearly, as I
> wrote in Lute News 94 - it is); or
ous sizes of 11 course lutes lute
ranging from approx 54cm string length (his very small lute) through a
middle lute around 61 cm to his proper common lute at 72cm (See FOMRHI
Comm 737).
MH
--- On Tue, 31/5/11, David R wrote:
From: David R
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Top
On May 31, 2011, at 10:08 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Also see my correspondance with Bailes in recent issues of Lute
News on
the sizes of French lutes c.1670: the evidence (iconography, early
measurements - especially the Talbot MS, extant instruments)
indicates that a string length
d acceptance as being ideal for the
performance of 17th century French lute music'.
regards
Martyn
--- On Tue, 31/5/11, Anthony Hind wrote:
From: Anthony Hind
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Top luthiers of 11-courser?
To: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Tuesd
Dear Arto
The question might be what the characteristics are that you are
looking
for
in an 11-course baroque lute, and for what part of the 11c repertoire, and what
type of stringing you are hoping to use (particularly for the basses), low
tension:high tension, pure gut or loaded
(Shameless plug) I suggest taking a look at Clive Titmuss.
I have a number of his lutes, a theorbo and a baroque guitar.
My Titmuss 11 course is after Fry. I've had it since 1986.
He currently has for sale an 11-course after Pietro Raillich.
He also has a 13-course for sale.
Both of them a
Hey Arto,
I'd vote for Stephen Murphy. His 11 course after Berr is just
fantastic!
Regards,
Henk-Jan
On Wed, 25 May 2011 23:46:32 +0300, wikla wrote:
Dear baroque lutenists,
as some of you perhaps have noticed, I've become heavily addicted to
the 11
course French baroque lute after some
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