[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought

2008-02-08 Thread Edward Martin
God question, Anthony. In absence of any evidence anywhere of making thumb picks for lutes,, I would highly doubt that this was done. ed At 08:46 AM 2/8/2008 +0100, Anthony Hind wrote: Ed I am still surprised that the long nails succeeded in marking through the strings. Does anyone

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought

2008-02-08 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Jaroslaw -Original Message- From: Anthony Hind [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 8:46 AM To: Edward Martin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martyn Hodgson Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought Ed I am still surprised that the long

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought

2008-02-08 Thread Anthony Hind
08, 2008 8:46 AM To: Edward Martin; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Martyn Hodgson Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought Ed I am still surprised that the long nails succeeded in marking through the strings. Does anyone know of guitare players leaving similar marks

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought

2008-02-07 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Martyn Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 18:57:24 + (GMT) From: Martyn Hodgson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought To: Rob Lute [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I agree, but would

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought

2008-02-07 Thread Edward Martin
No trouble at all, Martyn. Yes, the marks clearly indicate that it was played as a 13 course lute, as I have been saying. It shows a hundred or so thumb nail marks near the rose, and the corresponding marks from finger playing while in this position. Also, if one were strumming with a

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Edlinger Lutes in South Dakota - another thought

2008-02-07 Thread Anthony Hind
Ed I am still surprised that the long nails succeeded in marking through the strings. Does anyone know of guitare players leaving similar marks? Do you not think that the luthist might have invented some sort of extentions to his fingers? These things could be made by anyone. Look at