Such an interesting pieces, and so effective on lute. Weird ending,
though.
Thanks for the gift.
David
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On 30 October 2013 23:10, WALSH
Here is a version of Howard Skempton's Prelude 5 from 'Images',
published 1994.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k4hrIXnG24
Skempton is a minimalist, miniaturist.
Stuart
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Rock Maple, used primarily for the bridges of bowed instruments, would work
nicely. It's very very hard, and very light in color.
Chris
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Thanks all for the great replies. Lilac? That is the most intriguing of
all. Holly and bamboo sound like good candidates also.
Sterling- thanks for reminding me of those amazing frets! I must have
seen them at Cleveland some time ago. A top professional guitar builder
in my neighborhood recomm
A few years ago I was visiting luthier Joel Van Lennep, who showed me
his favorite material for fixed (body) frets: lilac. He said he
preferred it because it's very hard, and yet still flexible.
Best to all,
Eric
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Sterling <[1]spiffys84...@yaho
I have body frets on one lute made of an ivory-ebony sandwich and they sound
great up to the 14th fret. Cutting ivory is not easy though as it tends to
shatter. Another lute I have has holly-ebony-holly frets. I like these flashy
frets, but my friend Bob Hieronimus hates them and prefers that th
Dear all,
first, please excuse the off-topic. Two young students of mine are joining in a small
commercial band contest and hope to win a professional recording session with their band
project "Sweet Sounds". We need a few more votes until oct. 31 to win. So if
you have a minute or two for vis
Two factors are of importance here. First the fret has to be crowned to get a
good tone however, many soundboards are very thin in the area where the body
frets are supposed to be located. This makes tone production a wobbly affair.
It is easy to know where the bars are situated because where t
