Well put, David!
In the same vein, here's another suggestion:
I'm not historically shrewd
Yet, simply construed,
What is the lute
But the child of the oud?
Which doesn't quite answer the 'why' question, of course, except to
suggest that the reasons for the design may have their roots in an
My lute pegbox bent-
It fits in the case that way!
Damn archlute rebuild.
On 9/16/2012 7:16 PM, David Tayler wrote:
You ask, by the look on your face
Why the pegbox bends back at the base
It's not Broken, awry
Or to stick in your eye
It's just so it'll fit in the case
You ask, by the look on your face
Why the pegbox bends back at the base
It's not Broken, awry
Or to stick in your eye
It's just so it'll fit in the case
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From: Edward Mast [2]nedma...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: What's the historical reason for the
bent
down peg box? To: Martyn Hodgson
[3]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Monday, 3 September, 2012, 14:48
Well, so much for assumptions. Thank
t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote:
I mentioned this to a friend who is not a musician, but a brilliant scientist.
His immediate reaction was that the sharp angle of the string going over
the nut to a right angle pegbox would have the same effect as a pulley in
reducing the amount of pressure in
lutes.
MH
--- On Sun, 2/9/12, Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com wrote:
From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com
Subject: [LUTE] Re: What's the historical reason for the bent down
peg box?
To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: Stephen Stubbs fartrea...@gmail.com, Lute
, 3/9/12, Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com wrote:
From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: What's the historical reason for the bent
down peg box? To: Martyn Hodgson hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Monday, 3 September, 2012, 14:48
Well, so much
On Sep 3, 2012, at 7:58 PM, t...@heartistrymusic.com wrote:
I mentioned this to a friend who is not a musician, but a brilliant scientist.
His immediate reaction was that the sharp angle of the string going over
the nut to a right angle pegbox would have the same effect as a pulley in
Would the joint of the peg box with the neck withstand the pressure of 13 or
more strings were the peg box not angled as it is? I don't think so.
On Sep 2, 2012, at 10:00 AM, Stephen Stubbs wrote:
I was embarrassed when I realized I didn't know the historical reason
to this question put
: [LUTE] Re: What's the historical reason for the bent down
peg box?
To: Stephen Stubbs fartrea...@gmail.com
Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Sunday, 2 September, 2012, 15:23
Would the joint of the peg box with the neck withstand the pressure of
13 or more strings
I had always assumed it was to play better in groups whether instrumentalists,
singers or others just standing around. Less, jabbingly, so to speak. By 1500
tradition cemented the idea in the common mind that that was 'how a lute's
shaped' perhaps in keeping with its history of the oud.
It
...@aol.com wrote:
From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com
Subject: [LUTE] Re: What's the historical reason for the bent down
peg box?
To: Stephen Stubbs fartrea...@gmail.com
Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Sunday, 2 September, 2012, 15:23
Would the joint
Keeping the bass string in its groove sounds good to me, Alan. I have a
ren guitar w/ an issue like that sometimes.
On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Alan Hoyle wrote:
My guess was that, in the early days of the lute, string tensions were
low, particularly in the case of bass strings; by
On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Edward Mast wrote:
But I am indeed surprised if the theorbo has its peg box and neck extension
glued to the main neck where they join and yet supports the tension .
Some theorbos, at least, are built this way, and the string tension actually
helps hold the
On 02/09/2012 17:55, howard posner wrote:
On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Edward Mast wrote:
But I am indeed surprised if the theorbo has its peg box and neck extension
glued to the main neck where they join and yet supports the tension .
Some theorbos, at least, are built this way, and the
Ah, perhaps something like a tongue and groove joint. I could see this working.
On Sep 2, 2012, at 12:55 PM, howard posner wrote:
On Sep 2, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Edward Mast wrote:
But I am indeed surprised if the theorbo has its peg box and neck extension
glued to the main neck where they
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