And many years ago - before the main early music revival and Ovation-
Maccaferro (Sp?) made a serious plastic guitar. Maccafero, of course,
was the luthier made famous by Django Rheinhardt.
Likewise, the turtleback instruments of Ovation are quite serviceable,
but not the same as acoustic
And many years ago - before the main early music revival and
Ovation-Maccaferro (Sp?) made a serious plastic guitar.
Maccafero, of course, was the luthier made famous by Django Rheinhardt.
Very correct, Daniel, although it would have been more germane to the
point if you had also mentioned
Ray and others
I own a plastic Maccaferri ukulele. Apparently there were about 9
million of them sold (says Wikipedia). The 'chord-finder' gadget is
not moulded onto the neck, but attaches with little hooks and straps.
It is a real instrument, loud, bright, and has good intonation. By the
way: I
On Fri, May 15, 2009, William Brohinsky tiorbin...@gmail.com said:
Earlier in the renaissance revival, George Kelischek engineered
inexpensive krummhorns using ABS plastic and plastic reeds. They were
far cheaper than wooden krummhorns, and were intended to be quite
popular with schools and
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 4:19 PM, dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us wrote:
In this very list we have admitted on several occaisions that there is a
need for inexpensive playable instruments. Give this fellows ideas some
room, he just might be able to pull it off - and better for him to do so
with
Didn't know about the reeds, but I did have to
glue a cracked, plastic uke back together once
during my unfortunate year as a repair drone in a
really 2nd rate guitar dealer/repair shop. As to
the germanery of plastic reeds, we have been
struggling for the past 30 years or more to get
out
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Daniel Winheld dwinh...@comcast.net wrote:
It's starting to sound a little Star Trekkish- Computer, (Patrick Stewart's
voice) eight course Frei tenor, 62 cm. SL, A-415 pitch standard, and a dry
martini, please.
Earl grey, you mean.
David - hidden trekky:
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 09:40 +0100, Narada wrote:
So, If I understand well: you order a lute and after a week there is a
box delivered containing your lute. You open the box and you can start
playing on a white plastic lute (or a paper or wax model).
You will pay to them not me. Its not
To: lutelist
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Luthier , Engineered Best , Fastest , Cheapest[Scanned]
On Fri, 2009-05-15 at 09:40 +0100, Narada wrote:
So, If I understand well: you order a lute and after a week there is a box
delivered containing your lute. You open the box and you can start playing on a
white plastic
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Collective All,
I don't think this guy
On Fri, May 15, 2009, Narada blues.for.nar...@ntlworld.com said:
I don't think this guy is for real. This is a scam.
i dont see that. The concept is modern and very plausible, the financial
end of it is risque until tested; how much was he asking?
My business, which is in 3D visualisation,
Hello All , Hello Demery , I am happy to read that you understood the
benefits of this system.
This is a new business model not a scam and I dont want anybodys money
now but help.
If we create a model database and decrease these instruments price and
accessibility , it will be
Now we're getting somewhere:
If you are getting a carbon-fiber shell from him thats more interesting,
figure out a way to join it to a traditional top and thats a lot of work
saved, could be worth a couple hundred to a busy luthier. I suspect
carbon-fiber would make a good body, assuming hide
, Mustafa Umut Sarac mustafaumutsa...@gmail.com
wrote:
From: Mustafa Umut Sarac mustafaumutsa...@gmail.com
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Luthier , Engineered Best , Fastest ,
Cheapest[Scanned]
To: dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date
Chris , I think all guitar players would love to own these interesting
instruments. I am researching surbahar and nyckelharpa also. These
instruments are very expensive and hard to construct by hand. I know
beginners mind , they want best wood , finish , neck shape and nothing
else.
Hello Demery ,
Nice to hear from you again. I am understanding you. Well advea shape
change software change your instruments shape to desired sound. I think
it will be a nice experience to design the sound.
Best ,
Mustafa Umut Sarac
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I'm sorry, but I have to say it.
Earlier in the renaissance revival, George Kelischek engineered
inexpensive krummhorns using ABS plastic and plastic reeds. They were
far cheaper than wooden krummhorns, and were intended to be quite
popular with schools and amateur groups.
In actual fact, they
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