Some historic builders had their own problems- if
I remember my secondary sources correctly, the
Thirty Years War wiped out the lute building
center of Füssen and all lute building traditions
associated with it; consequently some of the
German 18th century lute building standards were
just no
Good point, and it would depend on the period of course.
Anthony
Le 8 déc. 07 à 15:48, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a écrit :
Anthony,
--- Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
The question is perhaps which ones are closest to
the historical
models, those of the 80s, or those of today? Are
lutemake
Anthony,
--- Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The question is perhaps which ones are closest to
> the historical
> models, those of the 80s, or those of today? Are
> lutemakers
> responding to demands from lutists worried about
> problems of modern
> concert hall acoustics and need
My 10 courses was built by Ray Nurse nearly 30 years ago, back in 1979.
And my baroque 13 courses, recently acquired, was made by Michael Lowe
in 1985.
Both are very light, and of course have a beautiful sound.
Old can mean good.
Saludos from Barcelona,
Manolo Laguillo
Nigel Solomon wrote:
> Ant
Le 8 déc. 07 à 10:20, Nigel Solomon a écrit :
Anthony Hind wrote:
Arto
If the Rauwolf is a key to the question, David is right, and
old wood seems to go on improving. I was told that flat
soundboard instruments can suddenly die, but the Rauwolf's
soundboard is a few hundred years
Exactly what is soundboard "re-tensioning"?
Martin
On 8/12/07 08:01, "David Tayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Just retension the soundboard, and at the same time say which notes
> you would like to better, and a skilled luthier can do this, and it
> will sound better than a new one.
> I hav
Anthony Hind wrote:
Arto
If the Rauwolf is a key to the question, David is right, and old
wood seems to go on improving. I was told that flat soundboard
instruments can suddenly die, but the Rauwolf's soundboard is a few
hundred years old. They can also be resound-boarded if there is a
Arto,
Just because the lutes are old does not mean they are not good. I have an
old 10 course lute by James Mackie, 1980, and it is very nice. I also have
a 13 course Burkholtzer by Richard Berg, 1984, and it is one of the finest
sounding baroque lutes imaginable.
Are old violins not as good
Arto
If the Rauwolf is a key to the question, David is right, and old
wood seems to go on improving. I was told that flat soundboard
instruments can suddenly die, but the Rauwolf's soundboard is a few
hundred years old. They can also be resound-boarded if there is a
problem, of course, bu
Dear Arto
I find my older lutes still improving, like good wines. The young ones still
have much to learn and need to grow. So don't sell your older Barbers yet,
if only because they might fetch a higher price when still older! ;-)
David
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