Thanks Val and Dennis!
Now I know, what should be the mood in that piece! :-)
Arto
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One detail that jumps out at me is the fruit bowl. It's a Chinese
bowl, with calligraphy on the side.
There was a great demand for China wares, made in China and Japan, in
the West. There was a whole industry set up which made their wares
specifically for the Western markets. With different
The gut should be pre-stretched before fitting. Mace (1676 p 69)
confirms this and provides good practical advice:
' And you will find, that the first Fret, will be ever the hardest to
Tye well on, for two Reasons.
First, because it is the Thickest, therefore not so ready to
what a contrast!
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Hi All,
The breakthrough for me came when I changed my method of fret knotting.
I used to tie a slip knot (granny knot - a reef knot with the second
turn the wrong way). Works fine for thin frets, and with
smooth-finished gut, but otherwise the slip knot is not so willing to
slip. So I
It's very neat, too. But as for double frets.
Do it twice!
Honestly, it works though it doesn't seem HIP whatsoever. The
advantage being you only need to replace one half (always take off the
more worn fret and replace it w/ a new one on the bridge side).
Anyway, I've done the
Do it twice!
HEY! It's the SINGLE frets that ain't HIP - look at that damn picture
again- (you know, the one with the boreless Oboe Muto) Is there any
known historical information about single frets? Maybe Mace mentioned
them? Don't want to make trouble- just askin'
Dan
Honestly, it
This is the knot I mostly use, I saw it in Germany in th '70s so it
has been in use for a while.
Once, when tying this know, I was burning the end with a lighter, and
the lighter had an unusually long flame, which instantly incinerated
all seven of my long strings on the theorbo.
Oh for a
And I thought the singed spots in the lacquer on my 10c. were bad! We
missed so many good photo-ops back in the old days! Some day,
though, everyone will have their entire lives on video.
Best, and keep on playin'
CS
David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net 2/18/2010 3:16 PM
Yes, double frets are historical, but not two separate frets tied in
the same spot. The historical double frets are tied with one piece of
gut (I used to know how to make the knot!), but you can't remove just
one of them. Everybody knew the single frets were unHIP, but so much
Well, Dan, there's that special tomato knot that defies comprehension
standing between me and HIP in this case. Can you imagine doing that
w/ those monster 1mm 1st and 2nd frets? Brrr.
I don't know if anyone answered the question on how often to change
frets but I remember Jacob
I heard an interesting radio article some years ago on NPR about early
jazz in New Orleans. Apparently, most of the band leaders at the time
were German immigrants. Many (most?) of the early jazz musicians
learned how to play from German bandmasters, which had a definite
influence on the
I wouldn't get carried away with making connections between place names
and any specific musical style, he it baroque or blues. Just because
Virginia is named after the Virgin Queen, doesn't give it an edge on
things Elizabethan.
La Salle was honoring his king by calling the place
I doubt it. I was living in St. Louis at the time, so it was at least 15
years ago, and the Web was barely getting started...
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What is truly amazing is the matched set of
baroque accordians which presumably were the
basis for the Cajun accordion, the originals now at Tulane.
d
At 03:03 PM 2/18/2010, you wrote:
I doubt it. I was living in St. Louis at the time, so it was at least 15
years ago, and the Web was barely
Double frets indeed - as generally used historically and with the
advantage of a simple elegant knot to boot.
The advantages of double loop frets have been explained in this forum
before. The continuing, if strange, fascination single loops seems to
defy historical evidence and
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