Dear Rob
the implication of smaller holes in the bridge would be either the old
lutenists used a higher tension than we do or the strings they used would
be made of a different material. I've read somewhere in an article guessing
the gut strings would be different from our modern times gut st
little something on string tensions including Mersenne on my web
site: Http://home.planet.nl/~d.v.ooijen/david/
David
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> the implication of smaller holes in the bridge would be either the old
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> the implication of smaller holes in the bridge would be either the old
> lutenists used a higher tension than we do
Actually, it's the other way round. I could quote Mersenne or Galilei, but
it is easier to imagine it on your
d based on hearing habits formed in the
romantic period.
Thomas
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Thomas,
As David said, high tension = thick string, given a pitch. But I y
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Thomas,
For once I was too brief - I thought I'd mentioned the surviving fixed pitch
instruments, but I see I didn't (oops, that was what I meant by "comparative
working"). As to the "carry" I'd say it was based less on hearing habits
than actual auditory phenomena. We know that low frequencies ca
strument. Especially wire should tend to
leave more significant traces than organic material like gut.
Best wishes
Thomas
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