Vance,
Then the purest would be playing on a 300 year old instrument, something few
people 300 years ago would have been doing.
Craig
Craig R. Pierpont
Another Era Lutherie
www.anotherera.com
Vance Wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Carl:
Should not the purist play only real
museum instruments
At 04:38 PM 10/27/2005, Vance Wood wrote:
So it could be argued that if being a purist is the
essence of good Lute practice could it not also be said that playing a
modern reproduction Lute using modern wood working tools from computer
generated plans under unnatural lighting conditions is also as
Demonstrating absurdity by being absurd? You're right it is a conundrum no
matter how you figure it.
Vance Wood.
- Original Message -
From: Craig Robert Pierpont [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lute list lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2005 11:51 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: An epistle
I yet have difficulty understanding the purist as I'm not sure how one
defines what is pure. Yes we can attempt to duplicate the several string
formats of old, and we can duplicate the instrument from museum pieces (but
never exactly how they sounded together). But can we duplicate the tempi of
Dear all,
I quite agree with Ariel's point here. I have been thinking a lot about
gut
stringing recently, and have already experimented with it on various sorts
of
instruments over the past few years.
First off, I think it was clear that all Ariel meant to say was that
Hoppy,
Benjamin,
--- Benjamin Narvey
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When I hear people talk
about their almost religious
epiphane's after switching to gut, or how they were
overwhelmed by the beauty
factor, I honestly don't know what they're on about.
The difference is at
best a subtle one. And
Greetings Benjamin and all,
I'll throw in my 2 cents too then. As an undergrad studying classical
guitar, I used to use gut strings on my *modern* instrument, so I enjoy and
appreciate a good heresy! I too have stayed up late pondering these
things and while I doubt my neighbors have taken
Wood.
- Original Message -
From: Carl Donsbach [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Cc: Benjamin Narvey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 11:59 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: An epistle from the gut
Greetings Benjamin and all,
I'll throw in my 2 cents too
