Oh, this is classic, Golden Age lute list stuff here! Hah!!
If I may rephrase Guy Smith's Sam Clemens quotation:
When we remember that all lute players are mad, the mysteries
disappear and theorboes stand explained.
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Dear Mimmo and All,
If I have understood you correctly, there is a sort of
contradiction : as gut becomes thicker, it must be treated to make
it more flexible (higher twist and possibly softening chemicals), or
else it becomes inharmonic. The more flexible it is, for a given
Hello Anthony,
My first answer is: yes, for the string formula the diameter is,
teorethically, ininfluent. So the breacking index is always the same.
However, in practise there are some difference due to the surface
treatments ables to do a string polished etc etc.
My 'more or
The degree of twist is decisive, when all the rest is equal for a given gut
(treatment, animal of origin, etc) for the breaking strength. I would hazard
that .44 is made with the same twist by the same maker as .42. Which means if
your instrument can take it, it will substitute for .42 just
Thank you both, Mimmo and Alexander, for your very complete answers
Anthony
Le 18 févr. 09 à 13:20, alexander a écrit :
The degree of twist is decisive, when all the rest is equal for a
given gut (treatment, animal of origin, etc) for the breaking
strength. I would hazard that .44 is made
Hypothetical converstation between the music
director/organist and the lute player:
Dir: Dude, you are way flat!
LP: No way!
Dir: Via!
LP: Don't talk Latin!
Dir: Don't talk back
LP: Why don't you tune those 10, pipes
instead! Tune 'em up as high as they will go before they melt!
Dir:
Oh, this is classic, Golden Age lute list stuff here! Hah!!
DR
On Feb 17, 2009, at 10:42 PM, alexander wrote:
No one seems to object, and the talk continues as if the very
people that gave us all the amazing instruments we play, were
totally ignorant as far as the oh, so stupid
Hello guys,
Just an observation: the suggested average of the Breacking Index of a
modern gut string is 260 Hz/m. However, the full range of modern lute
strings ranging between 240- 300 Hz.mt.
This is true for the range of lute 1st string gauges. I mean 38 till
46 mm (more or
