I thought it might interest the list to know that I have just completed a
month (31 days) with an Aquila gut string on the first course of a baroque
lute tuned at 415 with a 70 cm. vibrating length. The tone is still quite
good, and the string is showing no signs of fraying. Before I sanded out th
David,
Thank you for this wonderful Christmas gift! I love how you play with such a
light and seemingly effortless touch.
Stephen Arndt
- Original Message -
From: "David Tayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu"
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 1:03 AM
Subject: [LUTE]
More thoughts on this peg business, involving the nature of wood and
how we use, abuse, and finesse it. Wood, as an organic living
substance is not completely uniform in all dimensions- it has grain,
cell structure, and (in temperate & northern climates) growth rings.
A peg that was round at th
Yep, Santa has sometimes slipped a square peg or two in my stocking.
No amount of hole reaming will help out a square peg. It's true that
excess goop will indeed make some problem peg/hole relationships
worse, and direct interventional therapy of the sort dt advises is
the best way to go. A pro
Froggy on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPdMwoBki-A
Froggy in HD
http://www.stage6.com/user/Walvis2007/video/1980098/The-Frog-Galliard
Happy holdays!
dt
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