[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Roman Turovsky
From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> I'll email Paul O'Dette and Hoppy Smith right away and tell them that, so >> they can finally start playing the lute and not the funny toy they've >> been >> using for ages. I'll forward the info to Eugène Ferré, who's also quite >> naive and seem to be ve

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Bruno Correia
Thanks to everybody for all the information about the topic! > > > > > > > -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Bruno Correia
Thanks Ariel, Your message was very instructive. I strongly believe that what makes a person a lutenist is not the type of string he uses, it is rather his knowledge of lute technique, control of his sound production and good taste. I remember Eugene Ferre playing on an all carbon set and his soun

[LUTE] Re: Women in Art

2007-06-09 Thread Leonard Williams
Thanks to everyone for your help and suggestions! This makes YouTube a much more useful resource for me (and others, I hope, who have been following the thread). Thanks and regards, Leonard >See http://www.download.com/FLV-Player/3000-2139_4-10505954.html >Alain On 6/9/07 5:57 PM, "Tony

[LUTE] Re: Women in Art

2007-06-09 Thread bill kilpatrick
you're already loaded with options ... but uploading the video to your blog site (if you have one) is also an option. - bill --- Leonard Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to save a YouTube > video? Women in Art (not to > mention the many lute videos) is great, bu

[LUTE] Re: Women in Art

2007-06-09 Thread Tony Chalkley
or (third option) use democracy player http://www.getdemocracy.com/ it's a bit cumbersome, but it works pretty well - then you need Cinema Forge or Media Coder to do a conversion. - Original Message - From: "Bernd Haegemann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute List" ; "Leonard Williams" <[

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread LGS-Europe
Dear Roman And I, in my innocence, was thinking you were pointing me to David Ringtones, the dailyringtones.com. That really made my day. :-) I'm surprised the Hollanders cd comes up at Amazon. It's a three-in-a-box with the complete works of local hero Herman Hollanders, 17th century cantor of t

[LUTE] Re: Women in Art

2007-06-09 Thread Alain Veylit
Leonard, To upload a video from YouTube, insert "kiss" in front of the YouTube link, like this: "http://kissyoutube.com/watch?v=vb_1BxVse9Y"; . Next click the download button, and save the file with an "flv" extension, like this: "hopy_bach.flv". Alain Leonard Williams wrote: > Does any

[LUTE] Re: Women in Art

2007-06-09 Thread Leonard Williams
Does anyone know how to save a YouTube video? Women in Art (not to mention the many lute videos) is great, but my slow internet connection makes later repeat viewings a time consuming chore. Any way to get them to my hard drive permanently? Thanks! Leonard Williams On 6/7/07 5:08 PM, "To

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Roman Turovsky
Bedanckt, oude boon. I haven't had that broodje since the 1988 Utrecht festival... RT - Original Message - From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LuteNet list" Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Carbon strings > Co

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Roman Turovsky
Well, corrected spelling brought back one item: http://www.amazon.com/Footsteps-Herman-Hollanders-Bas-Ramselarr/dp/B000FEBQLI/ref=sr_1_1/002-3426805-8154405?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181403655&sr=8-1 RT - Original Message - From: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread LGS-Europe
Cool! Next time try my name spelled correctly. You seem to have more problems with Dutch spelling, I remember a broodje paling that came out a little weird, lately. ;-) David - Original Message - From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LuteNe

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Roman Turovsky
Could not resist: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-3426805-8154405?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=david+van+oojen&Go.x=0&Go.y=0&Go=Go RT - Original Message - From: "ariel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LGS-Europe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "LuteNet list" Sent: Saturday, June 09,

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread ariel
I assume we're both on a same humoristic kind of level, David... I wouldn't get annoyed because of something so trivial! I think Bruno has an idea now, after all! A >>> Better: change to gut and start playing lute. >>> >>> David >>> >>> >> >> I'll email Paul O'Dette and Hoppy Smith right away

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread LGS-Europe
>> Better: change to gut and start playing lute. >> >> David >> >> > > I'll email Paul O'Dette and Hoppy Smith right away and tell them that, so > they can finally start playing the lute and not the funny toy they've been > using for ages. I'll forward the info to Eugène Ferré, who's also quite > n

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Edward Martin
In my opinion, nylon. Keep in mind, that I am primarily a gut user. ed At 02:05 AM 6/9/2007 -0300, Bruno Correia wrote: >Dear Edward, > >I agree entirely with you, carbon fiber strings are loud, durable, very >stable and not to forget the great sustain. Unfortunately, the first >courses have

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Roman Turovsky
I have carbon on 4 upper courses of my 72 cm baroque lute and I am perfectly happy with both sound and stability. RT - Original Message - From: "Bruno Correia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LuteNet list" Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:48 PM Subject: [LUTE] Carbon strings > Does anybody i

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread wolfgang wiehe
Maybe that gut is the best choice, but i tend to wet fingertips so gut is terrible. I tried nylgut, it has a good sound, but with wet fingertips nylgut on the 1th and 2th tends to squeak, when i play it. So my combination is nylon on 1th to 3th, carbon on 4th and 5th and a combination of copperwou

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread ariel
> > Better: change to gut and start playing lute. > > David > > I'll email Paul O'Dette and Hoppy Smith right away and tell them that, so they can finally start playing the lute and not the funny toy they've been using for ages. I'll forward the info to Eugène Ferré, who's also quite naive an

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread wolfgang wiehe
I used them on the 4th and since some time on the 5th course in unisono (wounded copper before, terrible!), on the 6th and 7th as octaves and i am very pleased. W. -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: Bruno Correia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gesendet: Samstag, 9. Juni 2007 03:48 An: LuteNet list

[LUTE] Re: Carbon strings

2007-06-09 Thread Anthony Hind
Bruno Yesterday, I was with a player who has just changed back to nylgut, from carbon fibre. He told me that carbon was too slippery to the touch and not very subtle in sound. According to him, Nylgut was closer to gut from that point of view. Personally, I have never used carbon fi