The expression "Esquire" in British usage came to mean "gentleman" in the
sense of "someone who does not need to work for a living" and thence
"someone who moves in the circles of those who are of the gentlemanly
class." I suppose lawyers, who are as a class the most incurable of
workaholics, appr
Ron,
Let us recast that, and in the US a lawyer doesn't get a JD on graduation,
he gets a Bachelor of Law.
If we take the definition you have used from the NED then we could consider
the Esquir to be a sycophant, the shield carrier and aromor bearer. "Let's
us fight, I'll hold your coat". That is
Craig,
I'll keep this short because on the whole I agree with you. The details of
the origin of the salute are a bit vague, the Navy never had a visor to
raise. And the right hand has always been the dangerous hand, even if the
left is called sinister. The tradition of raising the right hand to sw
Well said Herbert,
> The lungs have tiny fingers called "cilia" which effectively sweep out
> debris. A snippet of frog's throat will climb up a glass jar (or so I've
> heard). Without these little sweepers, one's lungs would become as dusty
> as the floor under a refrigerator or a table top in
Steve,
Well said, the carpenter's glue (of which the Titebond yellow is one
example) is one that does soak into the wood if you clean it, making a bond
that is as strong as the wood, if not stronger. Wood glue can be broken with
heat, a super hair dryer (I have one I've used for years that I'd nev
Stewart,
Thanks again. We all know that notation is key dependant on the fixed
instruments, like piano, harpsichord and harp (that less so, as one doesn't
have to get into a box to retune). And that the notation of the lute is not
key dependant as one can use lutes of various sized tuned to differ
Edward,
I don't have a mental picture of the upper pegbox on an archlute, but I
think from the pictures I have an idea.
Forget the superglue, it is a surface glue that works well in combining
disparate materials, but it doesn't provide shear strength. ( I assume that
the upper pegbox is set to th
Stewart,
A good point, and one can set the bass by using the Roman I,IV,V etc. for
the harmonies. But the problem with it is the same as the French and Italian
lute notation for those whose background is the staff notation. My goal is
to set the pieces without key, so the player can see it and pla
Sorry about that David. And I do hate to irritate anyone. But perhaps I was
mistaken in my estimate of the members of this list. I had rather thought
they were interested in music, and particularly the music as played some
years ago (when it was a music of sense and sensibility rather than naked
em
Dear Stewart and All:
This commonplace about Cabezon not being playable on the vihuela simply
isn't true. So far I've arranged about 20 pieces, in all of the modes. In
fact, it's the rare Cabezon piece that CANNOT be played on the vihuela,
excepting his six-part music.
These transcriptions, b
At 05:26 PM 2/16/04 -0500, Leonard Williams wrote:
> Do Valderrabano's Duos fit this category? Sacred "tunes" for two
> voices set for vihuela. Very nice
>practice pieces.
Dear Leonard,
Yes, these are wonderful pieces, the Valderrabano duets. Yes, the majority
(but, not all) of them
Do Valderrabano's Duos fit this category? Sacred "tunes" for two voices set
for vihuela. Very nice
practice pieces.
Also, Mudarra has several sacred pieces for vihuela based on Josquin and
Antoine Fevin. Lyre has
publications with both of these vihuelists.
Regards,
Leonard Wil
For the meantone experimentalists:
When I started using meantone tuning on my ren lute in G, I found it almost
necessary to make a
tastino ("little fret") for the first fret/position on course 4: f#. The note needed
to be flattened to
match the octave at 2nd course, fret 4.
I us
I commissioned Michael Schreiner's first theorbo. If I remember correctly,
the extension warped and the second pegbox came loose. One of the elements
of the rebuild was fairly thin steel rod inside the joint. The instrument
hasn't needed work on that area since.
--
Concerning crazy glue: Make sure you know what you are doing before you
start playing around with it, it will glue you quicker than the thing you
want to glue. There are also wood specific types and non-porous types.
They are not interchangeable. Lastly; Crazy Glue is not as permanent as one
mig
We also use the title Esquire for lawyers.
Once they've graduated and are given their JD (Doctor of Jurisprudence)
they have earned the title Esquire and the right to add Esq. at the end of
their signature. Never mind that an Esquire in the Middle Ages was someone
in fealty to a landed noble. Like
Jon wrote:
>I agree with you in general, but might have a few nits to pick. There are
>specific titles in the USA for someone when he is in his official capacity
>(as you have said). No hereditary or personal titles. When the judge is on
>the bench you address him as "your Honor", but on the golf
> a certain amount of dust is generated, and its accumulation in your
> lungs is not healthy!
The lungs have tiny fingers called "cilia" which effectively sweep out
debris. A snippet of frog's throat will climb up a glass jar (or so I've
heard). Without these little sweepers, one's lungs would
Hi,
There are a couple lutheirs on the list and I hope they'll respond. In the mean time,
crazy glue or the cyanoacrylate glues are both bane and blessing to luthiers and
repairmen. Blessing in that they work wonders for fast repairs and really stick
things together that nobody wants to come
Dear James,
Yes, it is. The reason I mentioned this notation was because Jon
Murphy asked about alternative ways of notating music for the harp.
The title of Henestrosa's book published in 1557 is _Libro de Cifra
Nueva para Tecla, Harpa, y Vihuela_, i.e. Book of New Cipher[s] for
Keyboard, Harp,
Dear Edward and All:
Why not try Crazy Glue? I've heard it's effective on this type of fix, and
certainly easier than the alternatives. Try to find the more viscous
variety.
Yours,
Jim
Hi chaps,
I'm in a continent where there are no lute makers or repairers, so please
forgive me for asking this of the whole list.
The upper pegbox of my archlute has come off - it was made in the 1970s by
a maker who said "I must confess that I made a mistake when I first built
the archlute in
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