[LUTE] Re: Larger theorbos

2008-03-22 Thread Luca Manassero
Beautiful pictures! Kudos not only to you, but also to the "creative" who prepared the campaign. I am glad to see that outside Europe Baroque music CAN actually be very trendy... Happy Easter, Luca David Tayler on 21-03-2008 10:46 wrote: People have been asking if I also play these larger

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread Orphenica
Hilarious... Sting brought back the lute big time, you made it Gargantuan ;-) Happy Easter holidays to all the luters out there and peace on earth we David Tayler schrieb: People have been asking if I also play these larger Theorbos, So I have a picture of the largest one. http://www.v

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread chriswilke
David, Nice photo - lookin' good! * Disclaimer: smart-assness ahead. Unfortunately, you've ignorantly strung the large instrument with only wimpy single strings. Current interpratation of the evidence now dictates that these theorbos must at least be set up with four, five or - pref

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread Roman Turovsky
A theorbo surely beats the bass-guitar as a phallic symbol. RT - Original Message - From: "igor ." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Edward Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "David Tayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "lute-cs.dartmouth.edu"

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread igor .
thanks for letting us all know ... you're huge in california ! -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread Edward Martin
Very cool, David... on a billboard? We are so glad to finally see a member of the lute family on a billboard. ed At 02:46 AM 3/21/2008 -0700, David Tayler wrote: >People have been asking if I also play these larger Theorbos, >So I have a picture of the largest one. > >http://www.voicesofmusic.o

[LUTE] Re: larger theorbos

2008-03-21 Thread Doc Rossi
sorry - i thought it was bach's birthday, not april first... On Mar 21, 2008, at 10:46 AM, David Tayler wrote: People have been asking if I also play these larger Theorbos, So I have a picture of the largest one. http://www.voicesofmusic.org/klaus%20theorbo.html At a length of 1400 centimete