[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread Mathias Rösel
I once hung my lutes on the walls of my study. Beautiful sight, nice smelling, easy grab and play and stuff. When I told my luthier, he'd almost kill me. It's a pity, but I complied to his informed advice, of course. Don't earn enough money so as to afford cracks. My farthing. Mathias howard

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread Rob
Someone should tell Hoppy - there is a photo in one of his French 11c recordings, if I remember correctly, which has him surrounded by instruments on a wall, presumably his own. Rob www.rmguitar.info -Original Message- From: Mathias Rösel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 10 September

[LUTE] How many?

2007-09-10 Thread Peter Martin
Apparently the new Grove dictionary states that there are nearly 60,000 lute pieces still extant. That's a lot! Is there an inventory somewhere, or at least a rationalisation of the estimate? P -- Peter Martin Belle Serre La Caulie 81100 Castres France tel: 0033 5 63 35 68 46 e: [EMAIL

[LUTE] Lute Storage (was Re: hang 'em high)

2007-09-10 Thread Robert Clair
Some of the handier lute players I know-- Jim Lidgett and Bob Clair come to mind -- have rigged up floor-to-ceiling shelf systems that can house a surprising number of instruments in a surprisingly small space. Metro brand wire shelving (home version of the shelving found in some of

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread Donatella Galletti
I don't know where Stephen Gibson, who asked the original question, lives, but there are places in the world where walls spontaneously move. A Southern California native knows that you should never put anything on a wall or a shelf that you wouldn't want falling on your head when the ground

[LUTE] Re: Lute Storage (was Re: hang 'em high)

2007-09-10 Thread Stephen W. Gibson
Good suggestions. Thank you, Bob. Stephen -Original Message- From: Robert Clair [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 8:30 AM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] Lute Storage (was Re: hang 'em high) Some of the handier lute players I know-- Jim Lidgett and Bob

[LUTE] Lute cases or hanging?

2007-09-10 Thread Karen Hore
De-lurking again to ask what may seem like a dumb question, but I'm an outsider who wants to learn things. Have lutes always cases, if not when did they make their appearance? Karen Hore To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread Stephen W. Gibson
That's the first time I've ever heard someone suggest that keeping an instrument out of its case saves space. Unless Chris and Carol have no cases for their instruments, the cases have to take up space somewhere, and they'll take up exactly the same amount of space with the instruments

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread David Rastall
On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:28 AM, Stephen W. Gibson wrote: the cases have to take up space somewhere, and they'll take up exactly the same amount of space with the instruments inside them. The same sort of argument applies to humidity: the air in the case is the same as that in the room outside

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread Stephen W. Gibson
Actually, David, I didn't write that. Another contributor did. But your point is very well taken, unless, of course, the case contains one of those little humidifiers you soak in H2O. Does anyone recommend them? _ From: David Rastall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

[LUTE] Lute cases or hanging?

2007-09-10 Thread Stewart McCoy
Dear Karen, Lute cases have been around for a long time. There is an example in the paintings of the Master of the Female Half Lengths: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/master_of_female_half-lengths.html Click on Liechtenstein Museum and it's the fourth picture down: It is interesting

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread Louis Aull
David et al. Holding an instrument and breathing on it humidifies them a little, placing that instrument in a relatively airtight case helps hold moisture. I keep a few older lutes hanging on the wall de-strung for decoration, but my playing lutes I keep in the case with a humidity gauge and a

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread howard posner
On Sep 10, 2007, at 7:02 AM, David Rastall wrote: The same sort of argument applies to humidity: the air in the case is the same as that in the room outside it. So hanging the lute on the wall does not necessarily expose the lute to more or less humidity than it it would get in its case.

[LUTE] Re: Lute cases or hanging?

2007-09-10 Thread Mathias Rösel
Stewart McCoy [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: There is an example in the paintings of the Master of the Female Half Lengths: http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/master_of_female_half-lengths.html Click on Liechtenstein Museum and it's the fourth picture down: David van Edwards has

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread marigold castle
Doesn't case storage increase the danger of mold/mildew? I'm curious about this issue because we are new to lute, but have always been instructed to store our dulcimers out of the cases to discourage mold growth. And the harps sit out with only a dust cover. So far the lute has stayed in it's

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread David Rastall
On Sep 10, 2007, at 1:13 PM, marigold castle wrote: Doesn't case storage increase the danger of mold/mildew? Not if you take the instrument out and play it often. David R [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at

[LUTE] Re: Green's Almain?

2007-09-10 Thread adS
Andrew Hartig wrote: Does anyone know of lute or consort setting (or other setting?) of a Green's Almain? I have not found anything in my database. However, there is a Richard Grene mentioned in the Willoughby lute book. Gre[e]ne was a servant of Sir Francis. Maybe it should be Queen's

[LUTE] Re: hang 'em high

2007-09-10 Thread Edward Martin
Not necessarily so. When I keep my gut strung lutes vihuela in the care, I open the lid, the tuning is usually very close to being right on. But, if I leave a gut strung lute out of the case, when I get to it, it is usually way pitch, tuning wide. So, in the case, the environment is