It is a wonderful book first rate. It gives one a great deal of "bang
for the buck".
ed
At 09:37 AM 3/29/2006 +0200, LGS-Europe wrote:
>Thanks for the info on the translation, and the book! I will order, looks
>good.
>
>David
>
>
>- Original Message -
>From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL
Thanks for the info on the translation, and the book! I will order, looks
good.
David
- Original Message -
From: "Rob MacKillop" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'lute list'"
Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2006 8:19 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Griffiths and Bermudo
> The links for ordering are on th
>> These days unequally tempered lutes, theorbos and guitars play
>> with
>> unequally tempered harpsichords and organs all the time.
>
> Of course. I enjoy hearing and wouldn't want to imply otherwise. They
> still aren't quite in tune with each other, especially in remote keys.
Again, you see
So you'd know what you might have a chance to experience:
http://polyhymnion.org/torban/sounds/skovoroda.mp3 (8mb)
RT
> To anyone within commuting distance to Basel, DON'T MISS THIS:
> Ich freue mich, Euch zu einem einmaligen Konzert von Taras Kompanischenko
> (Ukraine) einladen zu können.
> Dies
Hi Nick,
I believe it was a Hoffmann copy, but I am all but sure. BTW, I remember that
Martin had built and sold the lute for/to a client who later unfotunately had
to give up playing. Martin had bought it back, so it was not exactly new, but
in pristine condition.
The wood was taken from the boat
A couple of years ago, I had the chance to play a very nice baroque lute by
Martin Bowers he had just made where the back was from wood saved from an
old barge if my memory serves me correctly. It was 13 courses with bass
rider rather than swan neck, but forget the original it was a copy of - it
mi
>> On the issue of basses I think the jury is still out. The study of
>> history
>> is full of examples of ancient technology that we cannot duplicate even
>> with
>> all of our science and data bases. Personally I think it unlikely that
>> period Lute players would have been happy with what we c
