Allan Alexander has some fine works in these volumes. I just looked
thru the indices and I see Ronn McFarlane has many of them in his book
The Scottish Lute.
Thinking more about it just now, some years ago, one of our esteemed
members, whose name slips my mind at the moment, intabul
There is a viola d'amore with sympathetic strings that run from the
tail piece, below the bridge, below the fingerboard, and up to the peg
box that has an appropriate number of additional pegs. There's also a
baryton (a bit smaller than a cello) with several harp strings that run
fr
Haven't got anything from the list for a couple days. This is only a
test.
Steve
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Lovely in every way.
Thanks,
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From: Ed Durbrow
To: lute list
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2017 7:21 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: New music
I've written a few compositions for the lute: ensemble, s
I've had a few of these. Most came to me with gut strings on them
somewhere on the instrument. Others a combination of gut, nylon, and
typical silver wound on nylon filament for at least the lower two
courses. None came with metal. Some had a pin bridge, some with a
tie-on style
Is it possible to view, copy, or print the entire manuscript of an
individual piece. As an example, I'd like to print a copy of
D-B Mus. ms. 40642
[Herrn Deckerts] Geistliche Lieder, nr 2, Befiehl du diene Wege
I'd appreciate any help you can offer.
Steve
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foremost lute-related classified ad service.
Many, many thanks!
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A quick Google search yielded this:
[1]http://www.lastampa.it/2015/02/18/edizioni/biella/in-tour-con-il-dyp
hone-il-recital-su-corde-iWlEtbfSSRE90tpksgEwuM/pagina.html
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To: Lutelist
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All,
Our local 24/7 classical radio station, WDPR/WDPG, is in the middle of
their pledge drive this week. One of the announcers played Yisrael's
Kellner Chaconne in A early this afternoon. She commented quite
favorably and at length on his exquisite playing and the beauty of
Kel
Thanks to all who expressed interest in the Sloan Classic Guitar
Construction book. Mark in Canada was first to contact me; the book is
on its way to him.
For those seriously interested, it looks like it's available on line.
Best regards,
Steve
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Wim,
Cathy Liddell's excellent book, Sacred Music for Lute, vol I, features
an excellent selection of music for Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter,
Trinity, and other appropriate topics within the church year. It's all
in French tab with some pieces in mensural notation, as well.
Ho
For making fine saw cuts in tiny things, the X-acto razor saw works
quite well. Perhaps not a cool sounding, but I suspect it costs a lot
less than a bone saw.
Cheers,
Steve
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Just stumbled onto a Capriola lute book up for auction on eBay
currently, should anyone be interested.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/LUTE-BOOK-c-1517-COMPOSITIONE-DI-MESER-VINCENZO
-CAPIROLA-1955-MUSIC-BOOK-/231126603039?pt=Antiquarian_Collectible&hash
=item35d038151f
Cheers,
Steve
Check out the bottom of this page.
http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments.com/lutes.htm
Best wishes for the New Year to all,
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I got three chanterelles for a 7C from Curtis some months back. The
first one I tried broke right at the bridge knot three times. I think
this one was minutely thinner than the other two, but within
tolerance. Don't remember the exact diameter right now. Fortunately,
I hadn't tri
Wayne,
I loaned my early Paki lute to a local theater company a few years
back. I sort of knew the fellow who would use it (an accomplished
clarinetist) and didn't really fear for its well being. Not that I
particularly feared for it anyway. I secured it by holding his check
fo
Hi Folks,
They're spoken for. Thanks for your interest.
Bests wishes for a happy and prosperous new year.
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Hi All,
Cleaning out excess stuff in my bedroom, I've come upon a small stack
of old GAL Quarterlies. Specifically, I have June 79, as well as
March, June, & Sep for 81, 82, and 83. There may be more I haven't yet
found.
If anyone is interested, you're welcome to the lot of them
Anyone interested should check out Mel's web site:
www.blackbirdstringarts.com. It's full of enjoyable reading,
particularly on the topic of the current generation of middle Eastern
lutes and the "Chinese" lutes he offered a few years ago.
Regards to all,
Steve
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TIA
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To: lute-buil...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 11:58 AM
Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: What about pear wood?
I'
David,
You are immensely creative. Well done!
Steve
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To: lutelist Net
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2012 4:13 AM
Subject: [LUTE] My Lord Chamberlain his Galliard - Quatre Mains
I had
All,
OK, so with all this talk of baroque lute being somewhat easy to play,
I need to do something useful with my 10C baroque lute, once I get a
proper set of strings for D minor tuning. Does anyone have any
recommendations for easy pieces with which to begin-- something easily
I like Eucerin Dry Skin Therapy Original Moisturizing Cream. It's
pretty thick. I also use some Neutorgena; it's also thick. I get it
in the small, travel-size tubes and I can keep one in a lute case.
With Eucerin, one must be careful, though. I tried some at a friend's
house; it
Hi Mark,
I have the book of lute tab and guitar music that is a companion to
Ronn's Scottish Lute CD. In the insert with the lute tab versions, the
tab for the mandora pieces has four lines. All but three (I believe)
of the pieces have letters above the top line and below the botto
Probably just shy of the temp at which hide glue begins to soften.
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To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sat, July 24, 2010 8:47:14 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Max safe temp for a lute.
What is the maxim
Hope this helps an additional bit.
Steve
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To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wed, May 12, 2010 8:26:09 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Help identifying 40 year old lute!
I received a very thorough reply from Steve Ramey, which I've
included
below. I
Great Pics, David. Thanks!
Steve
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To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Sun, March 21, 2010 7:52:42 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Voices of Music Concert Photos
Concert Photos from the Charity Concer
Thanks, Dan. Ah yes, I see it, now. With no holes, and that large
ring around it, I took it to be a pestle. The way the picture comes up
on my screen, I can't see the reed-end of it.
Steve
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I think the bird has seen the handwriting on the wall (so to speak) and
is making good its escape before becoming part of the stew.
David, I must be blind; where is the oboe?
The instrument on the table near the peg head is a soprano recorder.
It looks just like the Moeck renaissance
Not that I'm at all expert in any of these questions, but it does look
like the artist has attempted to depict the bird in motion. The lute,
with it's second peg head reminds me a bit of the one Toyohiko Sato
plays. That thing under the bird looks like it might be some sort of
saus
All,
There is a 1980 L.K. Brown 13C baroque lute for sale in eBay at the
moment, with a buy it now price of $1500. The catch, or maybe not, is
that it is a left-handed instrument. I have no interest in the sale,
but thought someone here might have.
Cheers,
Steve
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All,
There is a 1980 L.K. Brown 13C baroque lute available on eBay at the
moment with a buy it now price of $1500. The catch, or maybe not, is
it is a left-handed instrument. I have no interest in it, but thought
someone here might.
Cheers,
Steve
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All,
Until last night, there was a gut strung, left-handed Larry K. Brown 8C
ren lute for sale on eBay with a buy-it-now of $500. Someone in
Switzerland got it. I've been in correspondence with the seller in
Wisconsin, who apparently does not participate in the list. He'll be
o
All,
Until last night, there was a gut strung, left-handed Larry K. Brown 8C
ren lute for sale on eBay with a buy-it-now of $500. Someone in
Switzerland got it. I've been in correspondence with the seller in
Wisconsin, who apparently does not participate in the list. He'll be
o
OK, I'll bite and display my hopeless ignorance, as well.
What's an ffeff lute???
Steve
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To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Mon, November 16, 2009 3:13:49 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Manchester Gam
Ah yes, the never-ending search for the perfect instrument. All would
do well to keep firmly in mind the idea that our instruments sound
different to the listener out in front of us than they do to us as we
play them. That is true whether we play a trumpet, french horn,
recorder, g
David,
Those are great! They're just about my speed. I'd have given anything
when I started learning by myself for a few lute videos like your
guitar videos explaining thumb under and some other things.
Thanks!
Steve
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Not lute and recorder, but there are at least two vol's of a book
called "Bach for Recorder and Guitar". There's also one of "Teleman
for Recorder and Guitar." If anyone is interested, let me know and
I'll dig at least one of them out to find publisher info.
Steve
As a long-time brass player, mouthpieces with nylon rims or various
plastic mouthpieces have been around for a long, long time-- at least
since the late 50's.
And yes, it's entirely possible for the valves to freeze-- breath
moisture condenses inside that coil of brass and if it's
Steve
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From: Rob MacKillop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Steve Ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: Lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 5:12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [LUTE] You Tube/Vimeo Question
Try letting the video completely uploa
All,
When I click on the links to You Tube and Vimeo lute videos provided in
the posts (and all other posts on those sites, as well), they
invariably play, but with some brief sputtering in the audio
accompanied by a freeze in the video at odd moments during the
performance. What
,
Steve
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Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 4:32:45 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Kapsberger Canarios
Steve,
Normally these pieces are played on
Arto,
That's exactly it. Thank you! Is it available in a PDF file?
Best regards,
Steve
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Dear Collected Wisdom,
I just heard a fellow playing a baroque guitar solo on the radio. It
was something called Arpegiatt and Canarios, by Kapsberger. The
Canarios sounded rather similar to the modern piano piece, Farewell to
Stromness, which we may know as a guitar piece. I've t
All,
If you can get to Yahoo>home>comics>Wizard of Id, you'll see Bung's lute.
Steve
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Pushed the button way too soon on my last post. Sorry!
What I meant to say was--
A couple other guitar-like qualities include the classical guitar-like bridge,
complete with saddle raised toward the bass end, the fingerboard height is
actually above the level of the belly, and to my eye, t
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Mar
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tiful--
Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted, aka O mein Jesu, ich muss Sterben; tune from
Geistliche Volkslieder, Paderborn, 1850; with text by Thomas Kelly (1769 -
1854).
By the way, I found both of these in an Episcopal hymnal published in 1982 for
use here in the US.
Steve Ramey
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Me
Too much to resist.
If they're whales, they'd be a pod. I believe there's an historical reference
to them as giraffes. If that's the case, wouldn't they be a herd ?
Cheers,
Steve
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Hi Folks,
One of my other lists is the Takahashi List. It's a list for a particular
brand of high-end astronomical telescopes. This evening one of our members
reported a new phishing scam on eBay.
He'd seen a very, very nice Tak scope advertised on a 24 hour auction with a
ridi
I've had equally good service from UPS, FedEx, and DHL, so I can't recommend
one delivery service over another. However, I can add my two cents to what Rob
has said about packing.
First the instrument should be wrapped in as much bubble wrap as possible and
still fit in its case. In th
If one is so fortunate as to be able to play a lute or theorbo prior to
purchase and you can bring along someone knowledgeable to listen to you play
it, I'd add the suggestion you should bring along someone (hopefully the same
person) whose playing you trust to play it, too, so you can listen to
Chris,
Way back in jr. high, another kid saw me walking home with my french horn
case and asked what it was. Told him it was a portable electric snail.
Perhaps you could claim your theorbo as a miniature electric giraffe.
Cheers,
Steve
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I'm with Thomas. The very open rose and the moustach-looking bridge remind me
of the wandervogels we see on ebay regularly. How about the frets? They
certainly aren't tied. Are they fret slots cut with a very fine saw and
intended for modern metal frets?
On the one hand, the guy has
Why are we attracted to them??? They are things of beauty and we all know the
line about a thing of beauty being a joy forever.
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Howard, Taco, Stephen, Gordon, Arto, you guys are GREAT and quick, too.
Many thanks to each of you.
Best,
Steve
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Dear Collected Wisdom,
Looks like I have the opportunity to play lute with a local university's go
at Monteverdi's Lamento d' Arianna in a couple months. The music says it's for
mixed chorus, a cappella, but the fellow putting it together has mentioned
accompanying the singers with a sm
Greg,
Unless your wife is also an accomplished high trumpet player, the zink, in
either form, will be a real bear-- think angry, surly polar bear, not just
plain black bear or grizzly bear. We've all read how they finger "just like a
recorder." Well, they don't! They finger sorta, ki
Hi All,
Some time back, during a discussion of figure in wood, such as birds' eye or
fiddle back maple, and what caused it, I promised someone on the list I'd ask
the collected wisdom at a woodworking shop across town from me when I next got
in there.
Finally made it in to the sh
I think the item Pat mentioned is a little green rubber tube with holes in it
called a Dampit. It has a sponge inside, which you wet with distilled water.
You sort of dry the exterior off and insert it in the f-hole of your
instrument. It has a black rubber "washer" on the top end to keep it
Hi All,
Don't know about making a lute from Osage Orange, but 20ish years ago, I read
about a guy who made a lap dulcimer from it. He did it for the yellow color of
the wood. Think he noted it gave a bright tone. Beyond that I don't think he
commented on the wood. He mentioned nothing abou
Hi all,
Looks a lot like a really nicely done guitar-lute. I have a number of them and
the peg head and apparent almost black color of the ribs are the only 'unusual
for guitar-lute' aspects.
Best,
Steve
"Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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Wayne,
Playing 12 string guitar in a highly un-airconditioned church in Bangkok in the
early and mid-1970's gave rise to a similar problem-- that and sweat just
plain pouring off the top of the guitar where my right arm contacted it. I had
my then-wife sew a cover from one piece of sort of g
can search on Korg CA30 in the upper left hand corner of their
>home page. You can also read reviews by folks who've bought these
>tuners. Most seem to have given it a five (out of five) star rating.
>
>>
>>Best regards,
>>Steve Ramey
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>>Ramon Marc
ught these tuners. Most seem to have given it a five
(out of five) star rating.
Best regards,
Steve Ramey
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What tuners have you had experience with or would you recommend?
Korg, Arion, Sabine?
Thanks!
Rob
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Hi Donatella,
Your binding technique sounds interesting. Speaking only for me, I'd always
like to see works of art such as the way you describe your bindings. I'll bet
the rest of the folks on the list would, too.
Best,
Steve Ramey
Donatella Galletti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ed,
I think there's a dot somewhere on the card, maybe upper right or upper left,
possibly about 12mm in diameter and you use the Mark I eyeball to compare the
color of the dot with the scale of colors and relative humidity along the left
hand side of the card. Don't have one in front of me,
Hi All,
A few moments ago, I consulted the web page Shar Music operates. They're
probably the major catalog purveyor of stuff for bowed stringed instruments.
You'll find their site at www.sharmusic.com. It offers some interesting
reading.
Regarding humidity, if the relative humidity out
Hi All,
Just me with my highly imperfect knowledge of music and history, but is it
possible the use of music stands has something to do with the rise of ensembles
larger than those that could comfortably gather around a table?
Best,
Steve
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Hi All,
My first thought when looking at this lute was it sure looked like my Paki
lute. This based on the apparent raw pine soundboard not quite quartersawn (or
"quartersawn" from young trees), and its grain orientation-- not quite
parallel with the long axis of the lute. Although it would
Hi All,
I've never had much luck with the pencil lead/graphite business on the string
or nut to ease passage of the windings of a string over the nut. However, not
long ago I tried a pinhead-sized spot of anhydrous lanolin rubbed into the
portion of the string passing over the nut and in the
Alain,
The instrument is often called a Waldlaute; sometimes a Wanderlaute; and frequently, a
lutar or guitar-lute. This list has featured fairly thorough discussions of them
within the past year or so. Sorry, I can't quote dates. Apparently, they were
associated with the "Wandervogel" move
Herb,
What others have mentioned is accurate. In addition, those who build are always on
the lookout for different sources.
Recently, I've seen someone on ebay advertising bookmatches sets of wood suitable for
use as lute ribs. They show up once in a while when doing a search on 'lute' in
Hi,
Regarding a lute gig bag, I bought one of the ud gig bags available on ebay a while
back. The padding in it is there, I think, but it's quite thin-- better than a basic
canvas bag, but nowhere near as good as some of the current guitar bags. The handle
is just one thickness of nylon web
Dan,
I've not made any myself and it sounds like an adventure. However, the technique of
applying the stain with heat and the really nice brown color sounds like something I
used on a cornamuse kit I built some 20 years ago.
My memory is a bit dim on this one, but the stain was dark, dark
Bill,
None here. Probably only a matter of time. The only real merit in these things is
their entertainment value.
Cheers,
Steve
bill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i'm starting to get e-mails of the type that want me to supply a bank
account number in order to rip-off some african bank or
Friends,
Many thanks for your timely responses and collective wisdom on hide glue. The
majority of you favor hide glue for the repair. Nobody seems to know anything about
Chase.
Best to all,
Steve
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All,
First question-- Just acquired an 8C student lute made by Haldon Chase in 1970. At
that time, he was based in Rancho San Ignacio, CA. I've seen a later reference to him
in Paso Robles, but so far, haven't found any current contact info. Does anyone have
info on him or contact info for
As a performer, on either horn or trumpet, my favorites include:
1. J.S. Bach
2. F.J. Haydn
3. W.A. Mozart
4. Handel
5. Beethoven
6. Brahms
with Wagner, Bruckner and Mahler giving Brahms a run for his money, and G. Gabrielli
needing a place in the list as well for his brass choir literatur
Hi,
There are a couple lutheirs on the list and I hope they'll respond. In the mean time,
crazy glue or the cyanoacrylate glues are both bane and blessing to luthiers and
repairmen. Blessing in that they work wonders for fast repairs and really stick
things together that nobody wants to come
Wayne,
Lots of guys set up a low budget rig whereby they direct the flame from the torch into
and through a piece of 2" pipe 8" - 12" long. Mostly this is used as a bending iron
to aid in bending wood for instrument ribs. With a little prior planning, it keeps
the flame away from anything th
Herb,
Friction pegs work, not because of roughness between the peg and the hole but rather
due to the precision of roundness and taper between the peg and the hole.
Can't speak to how long pegs last, but I do know violinists, violists, cellists and
such folks have peg jobs done on their ins
All,
You've probably all seen it already, but on the chance you haven't, I recommend it
highly. I saw it this evening and can report we get to see about three seconds worth
of a ten (or more) course lute lying on a chair (?) in his studio. We get to hear a
few moments of harpsichord playing
All,
Back about 25 years ago, I saw a rather extensive catalog of stringed instrument kits.
Among the viols and other things there were a couple of lute kits. I believe one of
the options for the more expensive lute was a rather unique nut. It consisted of
several tiny rollers shaped like p
All,
About 20 years ago, I used 1/8" diameter delrin rod for the bridges on a hammered
dulcimer I built. It's a self-lubricating plastic along the line of teflon, but
harder. If I recall correctly, I believe I was told its hardness is something like
Rockwell c 62.
When I made the instrum
Ken,
Checked ebay last night found a guy in Washington who has spruce, flamed maple, yew,
and medicine bow wood. He is David Robinson, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], or P.O. Box
969, Orting WA 98360-969, tel: 360.893.3896. Btw, found him by selecting musical
instruments, searching on dulcimers,
Ken,
Do you know the folks at Luthiers Mercantile International? They're in California.
www.lmii.com should get you a web site. Most of what I've seen in an old copy of
their catalog looks like guitar woods, but they could probably help with all but the
yew. Once in a while, I see tone woo
All,
I've had several over the years. The difficulty with many is they are spoofed by
harmonics. Right now, I'm happiest with a little Korg CA-30. It's about the size of
half a deck of cards, tells you what pitch is sounding, has a "meter" calibrated down
to 5 cents, green light for on pitc
Hi,
Don't know for sure, but shortly after I started
deleting whole groups of Lute List messages without
reading them (I'm also on the list in a different mail
system) Yahoo started to send first, only a few, then
all the Lute List mail to my bulk. I tried
transfering lots of the messages to my i
aining 4mm apart at the bridge. Courses
are 10mm apart at the nut.
Hope you find something useful in all this.
Steve Ramey
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> I'm back to lute making after a very long absence
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> people
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