It should be noted, however, that he also forbade performance of operatic
music or ballet from the western European tradition; no word yet on the
legality of early music...
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From: Roman Turovsky
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Unusual news
Date:
Gasp! These guys are carrying on like this in more than one forum??!
Perhaps you ought to consider that when you and Ness
post on rec.music.classical.guitar, as both of you have been doing
all morning, you are exhibiting an aggressiveness...
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Ha ha! My diabolical plan to inflate the third-quarter share price of
fretgut manufactories is proceeding apace! Dear Martyn, Sean, and Peter,
and all,
Last night I added another fret to each of the frets on my 6 course
lute, in the manner that Sean had suggested, with smaller diameter gut
behind
To: Peter Weiler
Subject: Re: Built-in action? Double frets
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 19:29:25 -0400
Dear Peter and All:
Now this is interesting. I assume you put the slightly smaller fret
on the
nut side of the main fret.
It makes me think of the frets on my Forrester
Intersting to note though that the Berlin Holbein, depicting a quite
different lute, also shows clear doubles.
- Peter
I would Like to see that, so everyone can see the details involved in
clearly showing double frets. As I'm sure that this painting shows DF's
it
still is not convincing
on a small lute. So far it hasn't been worth it to
double
up on my descant.
Sean
On Jun 19, 2005, at 4:14 PM, Peter Weiler wrote:
Intersting to note though that the Berlin Holbein, depicting a
quite
different lute, also shows clear doubles.
- Peter
I would
By the way, apart from the historical evidence matter, double frets are
very, very nice to use on lutes. I've had some trouble getting a
double-strand tied tight enough in the past, but I really like Sean's
idea of using independent frets side-by-side. This makes them easy to
tie and allows one
I've thought about this for a good hour and I have to say it is a
remarkably difficult thing to verbalize. I don't know what commercial
pressures the big boys are subject to (and I don't think that's a good
measure) but for the rest of us... you're right about a little less
tendency to slide on
A Nottingham musician and sage
was absent for what seemed an age
h= is wisdom made keener
by a lutenistic demeanor
(though he never = much cottoned to Cage).
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Butchers and petshops (though not the bones of Michielle Harton, which s=
hould be regarded as holy relicsl). Bone from butchers is free, but petshop=
s have done all of the foul-smelling boiling etc. for you... whic= h is
probably worth the added cost.
Peter
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Certain hardwoods, especially some species of oak, contain fairly high c=
oncentrations of crystalline silica (not silicon, nothing to do with =
computer chip wafer fabrication!). Higher concentrations can be hazar= dous
to health in dust, and very hard on plane blades. I think
Hi Garry,
Seems to me about 55 mm at the nut is what people would usually
calculate for a seven-course with a single chanterelle, but you might
want to post this on the builder list to see what builders have to say
about historical lute measurements.
Best wishes,
Dear Ken,
As with all things lute, a superior resource is David Van Edwards'
site...specifically [1]http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/suppliers.htm#wood
cheers,
Peter
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Sheer, unmitigated terror of performance has always been very
effective for me. Hard to imagine that this ever goes away!
Best,
Peter
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From: Tim Mills
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2004 18:53:36 -0700
To:
Subject: Focus ...
I wanted
Such a thing has been partly done; a carbon fibre belly was used on a lute by Charles
Besnainou (reported on this list once or twice long ago). There's a bit of a story and
a photo at
http://www.msen.com/~violins/news/strad/apr99/space_age_strad.html
Regards,
Peter
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