[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-07 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 08:21 AM 11/7/2006, Paul Pleijsier wrote: Eugene wrote: In any event, Lacote and similar French makers clocking 63 cm (or more) feel different to me than Staufer et al. at ca. 60 cm. A good a collection of Viennese guitar is B. Zaczek's. http://www.spinnst.co.at/BZ/guitars/index.html I

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-07 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 07:46 PM 11/6/2006, David Rastall wrote: On Nov 6, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: ...I may be wrong, but too often parlor seems to imply quaintly obsolete to fans of the modern steel-string. Okay, I can see that. Just as the idea of the parlor itself is quaintly absolete

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-07 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 08:12 PM 11/6/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I perceive a conspicuous absence of Panormo-style guitars amongst professional 19th-c. guitar specialists. There are a number of makers building them, however. I can't find anyone in the States that makes a Staufer copy. That's interesting.

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-07 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 01:07 PM 11/7/2006, Paul Pleijsier wrote: There are a number of makers building them, however. I can't find anyone in the States that makes a Staufer copy. Why not skip Stauffer and start making early-C. F. Martin copies? I agree, thus my lamenting that such instruments are tragically

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 03:00 AM 11/3/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: among the greatest instruments I know of are by Bernd Kresse: http://www.kresse-gitarren.de/repro_g.html ...The Pages model is something between baroque guitar and early romantic guitar and I assume one needs time to get used to it. The stauffer

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-06 Thread David Rastall
On Nov 6, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: ...Martin fans tend to trivialize or quaint-ify the shop's early guitars with the parlor moniker. I don't understand the stigma attached to the word parlor. Can someone enlighten me please? Romantic guitars were mostly played in the

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-06 Thread Ron Fletcher
-wall activated) Best Wishes Ron (UK) -Original Message- From: David Rastall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 November 2006 18:30 To: Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar On Nov 6, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: ...Martin

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 01:30 PM 11/6/2006, David Rastall wrote: On Nov 6, 2006, at 11:29 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: ...Martin fans tend to trivialize or quaint-ify the shop's early guitars with the parlor moniker. I don't understand the stigma attached to the word parlor. Can someone enlighten me please?

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-06 Thread Eugene C. Braig IV
At 02:07 PM 11/6/2006, Paul Pleijsier wrote: Eugene wrote: Lacote or Panormo were more typically around 64 cm. Lacote was a typical 63cm maker. There are a few exceptions, but they are outnumbered by 63's. I can believe that. Thank you for refining. (This is a disadvantage of writing from the

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-06 Thread David Rastall
On Nov 6, 2006, at 5:50 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: ...I may be wrong, but too often parlor seems to imply quaintly obsolete to fans of the modern steel-string. Okay, I can see that. Just as the idea of the parlor itself is quaintly absolete today. Sort of like lounge music or

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-03 Thread lautenist
Hi, among the greatest instruments I know of are by Bernd Kresse: http://www.kresse-gitarren.de/repro_g.html I personally am playing a marvelous instrument by Renzo Salvador http://www.renzosalvador.be/en/guirom.html (the one at the top is mine) Heidi von Rüden has built very decent instruments

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-02 Thread Stuart Walsh
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, This is not, strictly speaking, a lute question, but I know a number of list members are into this, so I thought I'd toss it out to the general population. Ignore if you hate guitars. I'm toying around with the possibility of getting a 19th

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-02 Thread Michal Gondko
Finally, can anyone recommend a site as reputable as Wayne's Lute Page for buying one of these things? http://sinierderidder.free.fr/gb/maingb.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-02 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
- Original Message - From: Michal Gondko [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 2, 2006 6:37 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar Finally, can anyone recommend a site as reputable as Wayne's Lute Page for buying one of these things? http://sinierderidder.free.fr/gb

[LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar

2006-11-02 Thread EUGENE BRAIG IV
- Original Message - From: Stuart Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, November 2, 2006 5:18 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: ISO early guitar Try this: http://www.earlyromanticguitar.com/ Lots of information here. Len's site is a visual treat and a nicely catalogued source of info