[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-24 Thread Roman Turovsky
orth) Regards, Leonard Williams -Original Message- From: Jurgen Frenz To: Leonard Williams Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sun, May 24, 2020 8:06 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap I find the strap discussion quite interesting especially what Leonhard Will

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap from the LUTEDUO links

2020-05-24 Thread Anton Birula
[1]We could not find the links in the message I sentthey should be at the bottom of the message So hopefully this information can be helpful, Anton & Anna [2]LESSON 1, LUTE STRAP www.luteduo.com [youtube.png] LESSON 1, LUTE

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap from the LUTEDUO

2020-05-24 Thread Anton Birula
s.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sun, May 24, 2020 8:06 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap I find the strap discussion quite interesting especially what Leonhard Williams just said - it reminds me (and everybody who likes to think about his/her playing) that the simple position we

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-24 Thread Leonard Williams
From: Jurgen Frenz To: Leonard Williams Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Sun, May 24, 2020 8:06 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap I find the strap discussion quite interesting especially what Leonhard Williams just said - it reminds me (and everybody who likes to think a

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-24 Thread Jurgen Frenz
playing, however. > Leonard Williams > -Original Message- > From: John Mardinly john.mardi...@asu.edu > To: howard posner howardpos...@ca.rr.com; Lute List > lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Sent: Sat, May 23, 2020 2:47 pm > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap > I've been playing wi

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-23 Thread Leonard Williams
-- From: John Mardinly To: howard posner ; Lute List Sent: Sat, May 23, 2020 2:47 pm Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap I've been playing without a strap since 1970. However, I must admit that holding the lute is a bit like holding a greased pig. What works for me now is r

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-23 Thread John Mardinly
I’ve been playing without a strap since 1970. However, I must admit that holding the lute is a bit like holding a greased pig. What works for me now is rubberized shelf liner: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LWAPOO1/ref=sspa_dk_detail_4?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B01LWAPOO1&pd_rd_w=kPNRm&pf_rd_p=48d372c1-f7e1-4

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread howard posner
> On May 22, 2020, at 7:19 AM, Christopher Stetson > wrote: > > Hi, all. I've been playing without a strap since 1974. It is possible. Arthur: Ah. Look, the statue. How do get the cup bit to stay where it is, unsupported? Wise Old Bird: It stays there because it’s artistically right. Art

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread Ralf Mattes
Am Freitag, 22. Mai 2020 20:35 CEST, "G. C." schrieb: > I am surprized, that noone has yet mentioned the type of strap that > you sat on. It seems like a very effective solution. I think this is maybe because there is no (historical) evidence for suh straps. IIRC they are a modern

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread G. C.
I am surprized, that noone has yet mentioned the type of strap that you sat on. It seems like a very effective solution. And can anybody remind me of the name of that modern X-strap at the back, which seems like the optimal solution? G. -- To get on or off this list see li

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread Luke Emmet
se after I found nothing in a dozen paintings, so I stopped to ask here... That's what the list is for, right? :) On 22.05.20 13:43, Joachim Lüdtke wrote: Not to forget the picture of two guy playing in Castaldi's Capricci a due stromenti … :) -Original-Nachricht----- Betr

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread Luke Emmet
hat's what the list is for, right? :) On 22.05.20 13:43, Joachim Lüdtke wrote: Not to forget the picture of two guy playing in Castaldi's Capricci a due stromenti … :) -Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap Datum: 2020-05-22T13:26:04+0200 Von: "Ralf

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread Luke Emmet
aldi's Capricci a due stromenti … :) -Original-Nachricht----- Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap Datum: 2020-05-22T13:26:04+0200 Von: "Ralf Mattes" An: "Tristan von Neumann" Am Freitag, 22. Mai 2020 12:24 CEST, Tristan von Neumann schrieb: I am going to make m

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread Tristan von Neumann
hat's what the list is for, right? :) On 22.05.20 13:43, Joachim Lüdtke wrote: Not to forget the picture of two guy playing in Castaldi's Capricci a due stromenti … :) -Original-Nachricht- Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap Datum: 2020-05-22T13:26:04+0200 Von: "Ralf Matte

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread Joachim Lüdtke
Not to forget the picture of two guy playing in Castaldi's Capricci a due stromenti … :) -Original-Nachricht- Betreff: [LUTE] Re: Lute strap Datum: 2020-05-22T13:26:04+0200 Von: "Ralf Mattes" An: "Tristan von Neumann" Am Freitag, 22. Mai 2020 12:24

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap

2020-05-22 Thread Ralf Mattes
Am Freitag, 22. Mai 2020 12:24 CEST, Tristan von Neumann schrieb: > I am going to make myself a nice lute strap. > > So I have been digging through paintings... > > Weirdly, no one ever seems to use any form of strap... Look closer/search better. Just two: - https://www.vanedwards.co.uk/

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-27 Thread r.turov...@gmail.com
strap attached to these, there is an extra level of stability and as he says, no rotating. Many thanks __ From: Sean Smith To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, 23 July 2015, 4:26 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-27 Thread Sterling Price
I always use a nice screw to strengthen the pegbox to neck joint as this is the way I was taught in lute building. What do other lute makers do? I am at the moment making a triple beg box for a baroque lute and am about to configure the screw and joint. Lutes always have a screw or nail at the n

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-27 Thread Charles Mokotoff
Sean, I'd love to see a picture of that if you can point at one? Anyone else having pictures to go with their various strap configurations, feel free to chime in. > On Jul 27, 2015, at 1:32 PM, Sean Smith wrote: > > > Hi Herbert, > > When I'm playing and wearing the strap, its pull is abo

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-27 Thread Sean Smith
Hi Herbert, When I'm playing and wearing the strap, its pull is about 35 degrees away from the line of the neck (to the bridge). If you were looking straight at the belly, the strings would pull away to the left, to the rear and at an acute angle to the neck. The strings, after they bend aroun

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-27 Thread Tony
hanks __ From: Sean Smith To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, 23 July 2015, 4:26 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Strap Charles I keep an eye out at Goodwills and other used clothing stores for a useful belt. Years ago I found the perfect Marks & Spencer for a cou

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-27 Thread Herbert Ward
The force from the strap (to some extent) counters the force from the strings. The strings pull the pegbox in one direction, and the strap pulls it in more-or-less the opposite direction, so there is a cancellation effect. A strap at the pegbox would be much worse if it pulled in the same directi

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Sean Smith
deos) you play a proper lute with a reasonably robust string length. RA > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:07:12 -0400 > To: spiffys84...@yahoo.com > CC: csbarker...@att.net; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: mokot...@gmail.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Strap > > I was wondering s

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Sterling Price
ou play a proper lute with a reasonably robust string length. RA > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:07:12 -0400 > To: [2]spiffys84...@yahoo.com > CC: [3]csbarker...@att.net; [4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: [5]mokot...@gmail.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Ron Andrico
asonably robust string length. RA > Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 15:07:12 -0400 > To: spiffys84...@yahoo.com > CC: csbarker...@att.net; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > From: mokot...@gmail.com > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Strap > > I was wondering same. > &g

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Charles Mokotoff
as well. >> >> Chris >> >> -Original Message- >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf >> Of Charles Mokotoff >> Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 6:44 AM >> To: LuteNet list >> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lut

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Sterling Price
he heel itself > if it is large enough. I have done this, and it works. Others have been > happy with it as well. > > Chris > > -Original Message- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf > Of Charles Mokotoff > Sent: Thur

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Chris Barker
if it is large enough. I have done this, and it works. Others have been happy with it as well. Chris -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Charles Mokotoff Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 6:44 AM To: LuteNet list Subject: [LUT

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Robert Purrenhage
many now, luteless. Bob Purrenhage __ __ From: Michael Grant To: LuteNet list Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 2:37 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Strap I just spent a week with

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Tony
A pic would be really helpful - just to see exactly how you attach it to the pegbox. I use a guitar strap,at the moment! Thanks Tony __ From: Sean Smith I keep an eye out at Goodwills and other used clothing

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Michael Grant
I just spent a week with Nigel at the LSA seminar and got to see his lute up close. He has tied a loop of gut fret to his button and runs a strap through it (tied at the pegbox). The strap is loose through the gut fret loop and continues with enough length for him to sit on it.

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-23 Thread Charles Mokotoff
Thanks to everyone for the replies. What is clear from my looking the URLs over is that: 1. No one in the USA is selling these 2. They are a bit expensive for what you get However, I understand that some of these are quite beautiful and much nicer than anything I could probably co

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread Stephen Fryer
On 22/07/2015 8:26 PM, Sean Smith wrote: I keep an eye out at Goodwills and other used clothing stores for a useful belt. Years ago I found the perfect Marks & Spencer for a couple of bucks and modified it for the lute strap. You certainly don't want any metal bits bobbling around in the case.

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread Sean Smith
Charles I keep an eye out at Goodwills and other used clothing stores for a useful belt. Years ago I found the perfect Marks & Spencer for a couple of bucks and modified it for the lute strap. You certainly don't want any metal bits bobbling around in the case. I use two dark laces coming off

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread David Smith
I buy them from La mi Cinta Dorades: http://lamicintadorada.blogspot.com I have them for renaissance lutes, baroque lutes, and baroque guitars. They are very nice. I believe these are the ones that Paul is using - at least I asked him about it at one point and these were the response. He refers to

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread Michael Grant
Only problem with EB straps is that they have 14 straps advertised but only 3 are actually available...and those three are relatively unattractive and priced at 49 Euros. Michael On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:37 PM, David Morales <[1]dmorale...@cuerdaspulsadas.com> wrote: Pl

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread David Morales
Please, just keep in mind that you can not order the straps from our online store ([1]cuerdaspulsadas.com) but only by using the contact form in this page: [2]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/la-mi-cinta-dorada/ There you can see a nice video about the straps, they are really beauti

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread David van Ooijen
Or check out the beautiful custom straps from EB straps (they have a Wordpress website). David On Wednesday, July 22, 2015, David Morales <[1]dmorale...@cuerdaspulsadas.com> wrote: Just take a look at the straps made by "La Mi Cinta Dorada". [1][2]http://cuerdaspuls

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread Jacob Johnson
I bought one just like it from La Mi Cinta Dorada for my 8-course. [1]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/la-mi-cinta-dorada/ I like it a lot. It really does help keep the instrument more stable than a traditional strap. Jacob Johnson [?ui=2&ik=101a44c9b6&view=fimg&th=14df0960ba9a5fe1

[LUTE] Re: Lute Strap

2015-07-22 Thread David Morales
Just take a look at the straps made by "La Mi Cinta Dorada". [1]http://cuerdaspulsadas.es/blog/la-mi-cinta-dorada/ Translation available at the top-left corner. 2015-07-22 22:07 GMT+02:00 Charles Mokotoff <[2]mokot...@gmail.com>: Does anyone know where I could get this strap t

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2007-07-09 Thread David Van Edwards
Dear Martyn, I don't know the picture Kenneth was talking about (I wasn't on the list at that stage) but there's a Watteau painting of a woman playing a French theorbo with a strap arrangement which looks more like bondage! I've put it up for general consumption at http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2007-07-09 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Yes, I recall you did mention this and I think yours was the sole response I mentioned at the time! However later I got an email plus photo attachment from Kenneth Be (8 May 2006) which shows a lute player (two headed lute c.1660) using what looks like TWO seperate ribbons attached to his

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2007-07-09 Thread Ray Brohinsky
I got a lute strap, decades ago, which was quite a departure from what I'd seen before for straps. A web search gave no indication that they're still available, but the basic idea was this: it was a very long piece of light soft (sued) leather, colored a garish blue (probably to get more attention

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2007-07-09 Thread Ed Durbrow
I may have mentioned that my old Basel roommate Robert Clancy used to use that. I think he used a saxophone strap in place of a button on his clothing. I found it completely unstable. The thing flopped all over the place. On May 3, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > Whilst the use

[LUTE] Re: lute strap

2007-05-15 Thread Luca Manassero
I don't like the idea of a leather giutar strap either. From my teacher (Massimo Lonardi) I learned to use a simple strap: he prefers a black, non-slippering one, while I do use a silk coloured one. The most important detail, as far as I can tell, is to have a solid piece of string

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2006-05-04 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Stewart, Thank you for this. However you're mistaken in thinking it not important wether the gut loop was from the 18thC. The gut could, for example, have been put on anytime after the instrument's last use as a Gallichon/Mandora; perhaps to hang it on a wall as a decorative

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2006-05-03 Thread Martyn Hodgson
David, In fact this feature (ie two pins/pegs) has been pretty widely known for some time and some plans even show them: eg. off the top of my head: Warwick Frei, Paris CSNM E540 C516, V&A 1125 1869; these are all 17thC lutes or conversions made in the 17thC. Their use, or rather lac

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2006-05-03 Thread Katherine Davies
Perhaps modern luthiers don't attach these pegs because they don't work so well with modern clothing? I haven't tried it, but I guess that the usefulness and comfort of hanging a lute off your button will be strongly dependant on your clothes. For much of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries mo

[LUTE] Re: Lute strap/gut loop

2006-05-03 Thread David Rastall
We all have our favorite ways of supporting the lute while we play, but this particular strap/loop method requires an addition to the construction of the lute: a second strap peg fitted near the base of the neck where the neck meets the body. I've never seen a lute actually from the 16th or