[LUTE] News from TREE

2016-09-22 Thread Albert Reyerman
TREE EDITION New items October 2016 Series: The Rostock Lute Mss Rostock 10 Part I / Part II Facsimile of Rostock Ms Mus Saec XVIII-13,26.1 / 13,26.2 Parthies for Baroque Lute del Sign. Tallman & Erdmann French Tablature/ Baroque tuning/ 2 Volumes/ Euro 30.- ___ Giulio Abondante Intabolatura

[LUTE] Re: lute repair Washington DC area

2016-09-22 Thread Ron Banks
Bruno, If I remember correctly, the Aria/Kadono lutes may have been marketed through Yamaha at one point. I bought one new in 1980 (either an L-75 or an L-85) through George Dauphinais for $600. For entry level instruments, they were reasonably light, with a decent sound.They also made a Bar

[LUTE] Re: lute repair Washington DC area

2016-09-22 Thread AJN
Fret tying: [1]https://lutesocietyofamerica.wildapricot.org/Beginner-Videos Some basic information on the instrument: [2]http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/resources/Documents/Beginners%20Guid e%20Final.pdf The LSA webpages are being filled with spiffy guides and other informstio

[LUTE] Re: lute repair Washington DC area

2016-09-22 Thread Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
yamaha made lutes? wow .. I never knew in the 40 years I've been playing.. Bruno 2016-09-22 16:25 GMT-04:00 sterling price <[1]spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu>: Umm---why don't you just tighten the frets yourself? That's a very basic thing every lute player shoul

[LUTE] Re: lute repair Washington DC area

2016-09-22 Thread sterling price
Umm---why don't you just tighten the frets yourself? That's a very basic thing every lute player should know how to do. Its like being able to tie your shoes as a kid-- SP __ From: John Mardinly To: "cyndi...@n

[LUTE] Re: lute repair Washington DC area

2016-09-22 Thread John Mardinly
I had my lute undergo extensive restoration last year by Mel Wong. [1]http://www.blackbirdstringarts.com/about/ Just ship by UPS. Mel says he has never had a problem shipping by UPS. A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. Retired Principal Materials Nanoanalysis Engineer EMail: [2]john.

[LUTE] lute repair Washington DC area

2016-09-22 Thread cyndiric
Hello I have an 8 course Yamaha lute, about 30 years old. Have not been able to play it lately because frets are loose, strings won't stay on etc. I would like it to have professional attention. I have called around. Not many folks around here have repaired lutes. They would have

[LUTE] Re: Pad on back of pegbox.

2016-09-22 Thread John Mardinly
Stew-Mac sells a tape called "Low Tack Protective Tape". This is a protective tape intended to be applied during repair work to protect the finish, and it is claimed to be easily removable without damage to the finish. I have not used it personally, just read the articles in the web

[LUTE] Re: Mozart on the lute

2016-09-22 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Roland, Yes - there are contemporary (ie late eigtheenthcentury) intabulations of Mozart vocal works in Kloster Weyarn MS 692. This is a collection of songs/arias by Mozart, Dittersdorf, Sussmayer and various others - all nicely arranged for voice and mandor(a) . The Mozart

[LUTE] Re: Mozart on the lute

2016-09-22 Thread Roman Turovsky
as always - http://polyhymnion.org/swv/opus-2.html 2 items - one WAM, and a Raupach sonata mvt, that was used by WAM in his 4th keyboard concerto. RT On 9/21/2016 2:14 PM, Roland Hayes wrote: Aside from Scheidler's song from Don Giovanni, does anyone know of intabulations contempora

[LUTE] Re: Pad on back of pegbox.

2016-09-22 Thread b...@symbol4.de
Rachmaninov isn't really the right repertoire for renaissance lute ;-) Gesendet: Donnerstag, 22. September 2016 um 00:30 Uhr Von: "Herbert Ward" An: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Betreff: [LUTE] Pad on back of pegbox. My left thumbnails hits the back of the pegbox some times, and ma

[LUTE] Re: Pad on back of pegbox.

2016-09-22 Thread jo.lued...@t-online.de
Dear Herbert, it might be worthwhile to check the position of your thumb. If it tends to be in a position opposite the index finger while playing the lute, you can save tape, beeswax of what else might be used do form and attach a damper pad by retraining your left-hand thumb to be in a positio