[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-11 Thread Sean Smith
G's and O's indeed. I remember how my lute hand coordination grew as I ground and polished my first 12" mirror. Just as I finished it (mid 90s) Saturn and Jupiter were both visible in the early evening sky. My buddy (who had intruduced me to John Dobson for the ATM classes) and I had a gr

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-11 Thread Mark Seifert
lute Sent: Sunday, August 11, 2013 12:36 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy? G's and O's indeed. I remember how my lute hand coordination grew as I ground and polished my first 12" mirror. Just as I finished it (mid 90s) Sat

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-11 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 11/08/13 11:01 PM, Mark Seifert wrote: I've often wondered if my interest in astronomy might be a desire to seek a celestial escape route from this earth. Quite the opposite for me. For me both the stars and music ground me and help me feel at peace with myself. I've recently been lis

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-11 Thread William Samson
P.S. You made a 12" mirror! I'm hugely impressed! 8.5" was my limit. From: Sean Smith To: lute Sent: Sunday, 11 August 2013, 20:36 Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy? G's and O's indeed. I remember how my lute hand coo

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-12 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 12/08/13 2:46 AM, William Samson wrote: Sadly, I suspect that 'sidewalk lutenists' wouldn't attract the same queues as sidewalk astronomers. Even I, as a lutenist, have a much clearer recollection of my first view of Saturn's rings through a telescope than I have of first hear

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-12 Thread A.J. Padilla MD
: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:32 AM To: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy? On 12/08/13 2:46 AM, William Samson wrote: > Sadly, I suspect that 'sidewalk lutenists' wouldn't attract the same > queues as sidewalk astronomers

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-12 Thread Roland Hayes
ff Gaherty'; 'lute' Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy? I'll bet some large fraction (at least in the U.S.) of lute players, professional or avocational, got turned on by the 1960's Julian Bream album "An Evening of Elizabethan Music.

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-12 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 12/08/13 9:12 AM, A.J. Padilla MD wrote: I'll bet some large fraction (at least in the U.S.) of lute players, professional or avocational, got turned on by the 1960's Julian Bream album "An Evening of Elizabethan Music." Even though he was playing a heavily-constructed, inauthentic "LSO" (Lut

[LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy?

2013-08-12 Thread Dan Winheld
ent lute in 1980, so I only waited 14 years -Original Message- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Geoff Gaherty Sent: Monday, August 12, 2013 7:32 AM To: lute Subject: [LUTE] Re: general public Lute awareness - astronomy analogy? On 12/08/13 2:46 AM,