RE: Nonskid lute pad

2005-05-22 Thread Ed Durbrow
>Hi Ed, > >Yes, I only ever play seated. Mostly at a table where I use a >chamois-leather as you use a mouse-mat. I should mention that my mouse pad is pure HIP leather. -- Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://ww

Re: vihuelina, and now bordon

2005-05-22 Thread Tony Chalkley
Dear Manolo, Does this mean that in Spanish the word bordon never had the meaning of a bee, (bourdon in French and for other instruments drone)? Yours, Tony - Original Message - From: "Manolo Laguillo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTELIST" Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 8:03 PM Subject: Re:

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Perhaps I am getting old? ;-) >> It's MAY! The month when even in Finland the sun rises over >> the horizon, so you should be jolly and cherish spring time instead >> of thinking about old age ;-) > Indeed. This is the month in which the thumb position of IN/OUT and > RE-ENTRANCY assume an a

Was vihuelina, now bordon and also doubling the bass by the sopran

2005-05-22 Thread Manolo Laguillo
Dear Tony, dear Monica, dear list, in the spanish ethimological dictionary by Corominas (1980), under "bordón", it is said more or less the same as in Covarrubias (1611), but in our time's way: more "scientifically". So "bordón" (= walking stick) derives from the latin word "burdo" (= mule, th

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Michael Thames
On Sat, 21 May 2005, Roman Turovsky wrote: >> Let me put it this way: I have never picked on the undeserving. >RT seems to consider himself the God? Cute. >Arto Arto, don't worry, he only dreams of being God. If he were God, he could perform the miracle of actually making a living through

Ornamentation of Delacourt Pavin

2005-05-22 Thread Steven W
Hello, I am currently working on the above piece and would like some insight into ornamentation. There seem to be two ornament marks in the piece: a '+' and a '.' just before the tab letter. Could someone comment on the differences between the two? Thanks, Steven To get on or off this li

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Perhaps I am getting old? ;-) > >>> It's MAY! The month when even in Finland the sun rises over >>> the horizon, so you should be jolly and cherish spring time instead >>> of thinking about old age ;-) > >> Indeed. This is the month in which the thumb position of IN/OUT and >> RE-ENTRANCY a

Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread Michael Thames
Whilst visiting the one of the most charming cities in Italia, Cremona, where Stradivari worked. I visited the museum that houses tools, and moulds etc. from his workshop, I was hoping some energy from the master would be absorbed into my DNA, my hopes were fulfilled. I noticed a lute temp

Re: Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Whilst visiting the one of the most charming cities in Italia, Cremona, where > Stradivari worked. I visited the museum that houses tools, and moulds etc. > from his workshop, I was hoping some energy from the master would be absorbed > into my DNA, my hopes were fulfilled. > > I noticed a lut

Re: Nonskid lute pad

2005-05-22 Thread Dr. Marion Ceruti
Hi Ed, I have the book, both the Italian and English versions. They are very good and I recommend them. It seems to me I ordered them from Italy. Sometime when I don't have to play a concert if you are interested in it I can look up the source. Ohterwise maybe some other list members can tell you

Re: Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread Michael Thames
>Stewart Pollens, the Musical Instruments Conservator at >the Metropolitan >Museum has written a large article on the subject, which >by now should be >submitted to LSA Editors in the expanded version of the >previously published >one. >Nice try, Thames, but this is not a job for mickey-mouse->luth

Re: Nonskid lute pad

2005-05-22 Thread Roman Turovsky
> Cheers, > Marion > Mezzosoprano > Mano di magia sul > Mandolino milanese > Meraviglioso in maggio Che mangiacristiani... RT __ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.

Re: Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread lute9
>> Stewart Pollens, the Musical Instruments Conservator at >the Metropolitan >> Museum has written a large article on the subject, which >by now should be >> submitted to LSA Editors in the expanded version of the >previously > published >> one. >> Nice try, Thames, but this is not a job for mickey

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread The Other
On Sat, 21 May 2005 09:19:11 -0800 (GMT-08:00), Dr. Marion Ceruti > We are all getting older but age has its advantages > as well as its disadvantages. I would like to be 20 > years younger but have as much experience as > I will have 20 years from now. > > Best wishes to all, > Marion > Me

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Mathias Rösel
That came just in time. Thank you, Stephen. Mathias "The Other" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; > Death closes all: but something ere the end, > Some work of noble note, may yet be done, > Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods. > > The lights begin t

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Dr. Marion Ceruti
Dear Other, Thank you for sharing this poem with us. We may age but some themes and the lute songs that capture them are ageless and timeless. Please see below to bring this thread back to the topic of lutes. Best regards, Marion *Mezzosoprano** Old age hath yet his honour and

Re: Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread Dr. Marion Ceruti
Hi Michael, ++Glad you enjoyed your trip. Whilst visiting the one of the most charming cities in Italia, Cremona, where Stradivari worked. I visited the museum that houses tools, and moulds etc. from his workshop, I was hoping some energy from the master would be absorbed into my DNA, my ho

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Dr. Marion Ceruti
Thank you, Michael. I remind everyone of what Wayne has written on the site. No one is under any obligation to read the email of people who bother them. If I bother anyone, that person is most welcome to ignore my email. What goes around, comes around. If someone makes it a practice to insult othe

RE: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Garry Bryan
> -Original Message- > From: Dr. Marion Ceruti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:44 PM > To: Michael Thames; Arto Wikla; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu; Roman Turovsky > Subject: Re: The List! > > Thank you, Michael. > > I remind everyone of what Wayne has written on the s

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Sean Smith
Back when I worked the watermelon ranch in Minnesota (and for you neophytes, that's west of Tennessee, on the Yukon-Nebraska border) we were only allowed to make authentic bordon traps. All the others were fauxbordon. Sean On May 22, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Garry Bryan wrote: > > >> -Original

Re: Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
- Original Message - From: "Dr. Marion Ceruti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, May 22, 2005 9:13 pm Subject: Re: Stradivari lute? > ++Yes, that is interesting. I also learned, while I was there, > that Stradivari also made mandolins, although I have yet to see > one in person. There

Re: Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread Michael Thames
>There are only two authenticated Stradivari mandolini >and two authenticated guitars to have survived (along >with a few leftover parts and some guitars of dubious >attribution). That's news to me, that there are 2 surviving guitars by Stradivari. I know of the well known one with the longe

Re: Stradivari lute?

2005-05-22 Thread Michael Thames
Marion, Yes, it was one of the highlights of the trip for my wife and I. There are also 4 Strads, and an Amati, as well as a Gesu, in a private room in the city hall, that we found out about by accident, not well known there. G.B. Ceruti any relation to you? Michael Thames www.ThamesClassica

Re: The List!

2005-05-22 Thread Michael Thames
>Thank you, Michael. >I remind everyone of what Wayne has written on the site. >No one is under any obligation to read the email of >people who >bother them. If I bother anyone, that person is most >welcome >to ignore my email. What goes around, comes around. If >someone >makes it a practice to in