[LUTE] Re: Some questions

2018-03-17 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Yes, but they are not "collecting" lutes I guess. They have them because they can play the music intended for it. Lute collectors seem mostly wealthy amateurs :) If I don't play an instrument enough, I give it away or sell it. Am 17.03.2018 um 22:46 schrieb spiffys84121: Hmm. Are there

[LUTE] Re: Some questions

2018-03-17 Thread spiffys84121
Hmm. Are there -any- professional lute players that don't have at least a few lutes? S Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone Original message From: Ron Andrico Date: 3/17/18 6:36 AM (GMT-07:00) To:

[BAROQUE-LUTE] 13 course Baroque lute for sale

2018-03-17 Thread Anton Birula
Dear Friends we are selling a nice baroque lute by Martin de Witte. 69/76 cm stringlength please contact us for more information The instrument is strung with NYLGUT and Aquila DE type Wound basses for more natural focused sound in the bass register. Below are links to

[LUTE] Re: Some questions

2018-03-17 Thread Christopher Wilke
Hi Ron, I can't speak to your past experience with the LSA back in 2000 because I wasn't on the board at that time. However, the "recent" lute rental program has actually been in place for more than a decade. Michael Grant has really ramped up the program during his tenure has

[LUTE] Re: Some questions

2018-03-17 Thread Jurgen Frenz
oops I was ignorant about this - thank you Martyn! Jurgen ​\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\- “There is a voice that doesn’t use words. Listen.” Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rumi​ ‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐ On 16 March 2018 3:52 PM, Martyn Hodgson

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Johann Melchior Pichler (1695-?1780?)

2018-03-17 Thread Markus Lutz
As we will give a short notice in the forthcoming Lauten-Info, Peter Király has proposed to me, that I should publish the direct link of the pdf. Indeed that seems to be better. The direct link to the PDF is: http://www.cini.it/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Studi-Vivaldiani-17-2017.pdf And

[LUTE] Re: Some questions

2018-03-17 Thread mathias.roe...@t-online.de
Funds may be the pivotal point. For my first ten years with the lute I used to play just anything on my one and only 8c lute that Larry Brown had built for Budget Instruments Ltd. By anything I mean anything (Dowland, Bach, Schubert, Wandervogel lieder, Clapton). When funds started

[LUTE] Re: Some questions

2018-03-17 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Some people don't have the funds to "collect lutes" :) I'm quite happy with 7 courses - it's amazing how just one extra course extends the repertoire well into the 17th century, if you don't mind playing just the upper octaves. Am 17.03.2018 um 02:52 schrieb spiffys84121: I will play

[LUTE] Re: Some questions

2018-03-17 Thread Tristan von Neumann
Dulcian is a great substitute for a baritone sax :) Am 16.03.2018 um 21:09 schrieb guy_and_liz Smith: This, perhaps: Louis Armstrong - "There is two kinds of music, the good & the bad. I play the good kind." -- Personally, I'm a purist to the extent that I play only Ren music on the lute or