[LUTE] Re: Calchedon strnging was Re: Mandora/Gallichon website

2019-11-23 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
strings 5 and 6 are wound ansds with octaves. Silk wound I think Mimmo -Messaggio originale- Da: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu Per conto di Martyn Hodgson Inviato: sabato 23 novembre 2019 13:10 A: Lute List ; Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche ; Wayne Lute ; Wayne Cripps Oggetto

[LUTE] Re: Calchedon strnging was Re: Mandora/Gallichon website

2019-11-23 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
g of new and better. However I am not close to the idea of silk wound strings but having more historical evidences Thanks for the contribute. Ciao Da: Martyn Hodgson Inviato: sabato 23 novembre 2019 11:20 A: Lute List ; Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche Oggetto: Re:

[LUTE] Re: Calchedon strnging was Re: Mandora/Gallichon website

2019-11-23 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
novembre 2019 10:31 A: Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche ; Lute List Oggetto: Fw: [LUTE] Calchedon strnging was Re: Mandora/Gallichon website Dear Mimmo, Sorry, in my earlier I gave the wrong year for the Edlinger calchedon: - it should be 1728 not 1729 (the latter is the year

[LUTE] Re: Mandora/Gallichon website

2019-11-22 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Hops sorry. Here is the right one: https://www.hampel-auctions.com/o/Jacopo-Amigoni-1682-Venedig-1752-Madrid-zug.html?a=120=-1=1041=1200604=Gemaelde-16-18-Jhdt=IwAR39VKPpCAQJYqk61gx-oBoY0ym94Z05ZIK01ZeIIkRZLpx6RgHfglzfpJc Mimmo -Messaggio originale- Da:

[LUTE] Re: Mandora/Gallichon website

2019-11-22 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Hello, This si really a good idea. I have this contribute that, in my opinion, the best painting concerning Gallichon/Mandora (I am doing article in matter of a possible historical string setup) https://www.hampel-auctions.com/online-catalog-fullscreen.html?a=120=-1=683 Mimmo Peruffo

[LUTE] Re: Different arciliuti

2018-10-23 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Hello there, I would like to do a precisation in matter of the whole gut. Actually, what I have written in the past is that it is not possible to employ whole gut because the gauge that it is possible to obtain for example with 3 whole guts (i.e. the violin 1st) do not produce a gauge of about

[LUTE] Re: dying strings

2018-05-30 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Things are not that easy. Ed is right, however it is possible to dye the string just after polishing, and this is what the stringmakers that make harp strings usually do. This is done using a double component coloured varnish and using a sponge. Of course, in this case you obtain a varnished

[LUTE] Re: Broeken nylgut string

2018-02-19 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
The problem of breackage of the thinner Nylgut strings was caused by some inner extruder parameters. The extrusion thecnology is very complex, so the problemi s not just related to the common knowledges in matter of breaking index etc . On this fyeld I am learning everyday something of new. I

[LUTE] Re: String tech

2018-01-20 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
t from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > Original message ---- > From: Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche <mperu...@aquilacorde.com> > Date: 1/20/18 1:54 AM (GMT-07:00) > To: Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Strin

[LUTE] Re: String tech

2018-01-20 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
(Well. Sorry for the long post but I think than many can be interested ) Many thinks that the 1st lute strings of the past were better: the only source I know that testifies that is Baron (1727). He wrote that there are instances were a roman 1st last till 4 weeks. Well, many of the surviving

[LUTE] Re: A stringing question for Sellas E. 545

2017-12-12 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
The Working Index, that is the product between the frequency of the strings and the vibrating string lenght in mt, can predict when a string start to be 'not good enought'. I am considering here the case of a plain gut string, not a denser versions (wound, loaded, gimped etc

[LUTE] Re: A stringing question for Sellas E. 545

2017-12-11 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
The Working Index, that is the product between the frequency of the strings and the vibrating string lenght in mt, can predict when a string start to be 'not good enought'. I am considering here the case of a plain gut string, not the denser versions (wound, loaded, gimped etc etc). Now,

[LUTE] unwound Synthetic CD basses for long diapasons: make it sense?

2017-12-04 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Hello, Some are telling me to produce longer CD strings for the long theorbo diapasons. Actually, I have some strong doubts: the tonal balance with the fretted strings will became even worse; the sound, in general, will became too bright and 'modern'. The risk is that we will lost the sense of

[LUTE] German lute tablature

2017-11-13 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Hello guys, I have found by chances this one: https://archive.org/details/urn-nbn-se-kb-digark-5441771 Is it already knows? Mimmo To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Fishing Line Renaissance

2017-10-31 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
I would like to say something in matter. The nylon for music is not the same for fishing line, whose density is around 1.16. The density of the common musical nylon is 1.04 and it is a 6-12 polyamide. The du pont brand name is Tynex but it can be processed in Monofilaments everywhere. The

[LUTE] Re: KF vs. new Aquila bass strings

2017-08-31 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Thanks Dan. 'The Lute in its historical reality' will be soon update; in fact, there are some new things: 1) Lute chantarelles: I was able to do a few experimental lute 1st string starting from a lamb- whole gut of 1to 3 months of life (see Attyanasius Kirker, Rome 1650) . The samples were

[LUTE] Re: KF vs. new Aquila bass strings

2017-08-31 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
care Mimmo -Messaggio originale- Da: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Per conto di Dan Winheld Inviato: giovedì 31 agosto 2017 17:54 A: Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche <mperu...@aquilacorde.com>; Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Oggetto: [LUTE] Re: K

[LUTE] Re: KF vs. new Aquila bass strings

2017-08-31 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
silk cores. Take care Mimmo -Messaggio originale- Da: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Per conto di Dan Winheld Inviato: giovedì 31 agosto 2017 17:54 A: Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche <mperu...@aquilacorde.com>; Lute List <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Og

[LUTE] Re: KF vs. new Aquila bass strings

2017-08-31 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Ciao, I have to thanks all the friends that has apreciated my efforts. It is very emotional, guys. I would like to make a few things transparent (thanks Martyn. BTW: you are right about Ephraim Segerman): since now, the whole cost of all the tests, concerning the sole copper powder, the most

[LUTE] Re: KF vs. new Aquila bass strings

2017-08-31 Thread Mimmo - Aquila Corde Armoniche
Ciao, I have to thanks all the friends that has apreciated my efforts. It is very emotional, guys. I would like to make a few things transparent (thanks Martyn. BTW: you are right about Ephraim Segerman): since now, the whole cost of all the tests, concerning the sole copper powder, the most