Urmawy unambigiously describes a psaltery with twisted copper-wire strings
in the second half of the 13th cent. c.e. which does not seem to have been a
novelty.
What were the early clavichords (as in Zwolle) strung with? I would assume
keyboard makers have established the early history of their str
If you really think the fascist US Junta is just a subject among others =
like ball games etc. it proves that Arto is right and something terrible =
happens to all of us. The repeated, almost hysterical pledge/command by =
various members of the list to muffle one's outrage and rather talk =
about
American IS the equivalent for the rest of the world...
greetings, danyel
- Original Message -=20
From: Tony Chalkley=20
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Bernd Haegemann=20
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2004 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: Not a lot people know that.
Dear Bernd,
From: "Bernd Haegem
The historic (Chinese) plectra preserved at the Shosoin (believed to be =
from the T'ang dynasty) are made of (lacquered) sandalwood. The Korean =
Hyon Gum (Kommungo) is played with a pen like bamboo mizrab.
Best wishes,
danyel
- Original Message -=20
From: LGS-Europe=20
To: bill ; Lu
Dear all,
single fretting is, to my knowledge, nowhere mentioned prior to Mace. =
Double frets are sometimes seen in the 16th c. iconography. Hence I =
adopted double frets long ago as standard renaissance frets on lutes and =
viols and of cause, they need to be thinner then single frets. I work =
- Original Message -=20
From: ferengiz=E2de dani=EAl shawqy=20
To: Ed Durbrow=20
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2003 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: loaded or dyed?
Dear Ed and all,
Roberts historic article is not quite reliable in linguistic terms. The =
reported inventions of Ziryaab, who had to le
