Dear David,
A facsimile of the Wickhambrook manuscript was planned
by Yale but never made it to fruition. There are, however,
high resolution scans of the manuscript made at Yale, and completed
introductions and inventories made by Ian Harwood and John
Robinson respectively. I am very happy to say
Dear Denys and Peter
That is great news!
Thanks to all involved.
David
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From: Denys Stephens [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'LGS-Europe' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:12 AM
Subject: RE: [LUTE] Wickhambrook facsimile
Dear Neil,
I'm afraid I do not share your experience. By and large you get what you pay
for. If a lute is exceptionally cheap, it is likely that there is something
wrong with it. I would advise going direct to a maker, rather than buy
through a shop, if only because the shop will take its cut.
Dear Arthur,
What bothered me about the fire was that the man kept poking it, while the
lady was talking. It is a basic rule of performance that you don't do things
on stage (and they were on stage to all intents and purposes), which
distract the audience. He should have paid attention to what
On Sat, Jun 2, 2007, Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Dear Arthur,
What bothered me about the fire was that the man kept poking it, while
the lady was talking. It is a basic rule of performance that you don't
do things on stage ...
Perhaps the speaker apreciated his efforts to keep
On Wed, May 30, 2007, Cotton, Christopher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I am doing research on the bandore.
... Possibly it was supplanted by the lute or guitar?
See 'Bandora', 'Lute', 'Orpharion', 'Cittern', and 'Broken Consort' in New
Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians.
See the Lute
Stewart and Neil,
There are many reasons to but directly from a builder such as the chance to
use the builder as a resource in your lute buying decisions and the opportunity
to have a lute built for you rather than buying what is on hand now.
However, if you buy through a store, the store
Sorry about that. Hit the wrong button. Anyhow, you will probably pay much the
same from a store or from a builder. The store adds a mark-up to stay in
business, but the builder, when he sells retail incurs many of the same
expenses. Perhaps more significantly, the builder cannot afford to have
There are inherent differences in comparing these 2 styles of baroque
lutes. The Hoffman is usually a deeper, more vaulted instrument,
perhaps a bit narrower, as compared to the Burkholtzer, which is wider at
the waist, and shallower in the bowl. I have used a 13 course Burkholtzer
since
I suppose people know about this resource - I came across it while
looking for something totally unrelated.
http://www.diamm.ac.uk/
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