Dear Donatella, yes please, I would like to see what you have described. I think I have seen such examples in Venice together with glass pens from Murano and paper that looked too good to write on! I seem to remember one shop that sold minature books as 'minimal libraries' that were either free-standing or could be hung on the wall. I suppose that it would be impossible to remove all traces of today's world when seeking authenticity. When we had a six-day power cut after the storms in January I did think of playing by candle-light but I gave up in disgust as I couldnt see anything. best wishes Charles
-----Original Message----- From: Donatella Galletti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 27 March 2005 21:36 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: *** SPAM *** Re: Printing and Binding Strange...I've just done it after years I had quit... I use a light folder, cut it in two A4 pieces, line them with kind of Florence paper, '500 -'600 like, glue the edges of the lined A4 to a cotton ribbon, the kind which is cut in diagonal and with two folded edges (sorry, I don't know the English name for that..and even the Italian one, but it certainly has..), fold the upper and lower external edges of the ribbon and glue them, then cut another piece and glue it on it in the inner side of the folder. I also glue cloth triangles on the angles, 8 silk light ribbons to close the book, and if I feel like, a painting of the period in the inside cover . I group the papers, I glue the edge and press it on the ribbon inside the book Done. "Pattex" or "Uhu" glue will do. I can't play Baroque or Renaissance if I see plastic around the pages.. I was thinking of putting some pictures on my website, might they be of use? Donatella http://web.tiscali.it/awebd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles Browne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lutelist" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:58 PM Subject: Printing and Binding > And now for something completely different! > given that there is so much tablature available in downloadable form, I have > found that printing and binding of A4 sheets is becoming a regular chore. I > have been using plastic comb binders to complete the process, which creates a > document that opens fully on the music stand, but I am going to get a thicker > file professionally bound with thermal 'glue' binding. I also wondered about > using professional printing services to print larger documents as my domestic > printer takes hours to print in best quality, especially when I use duplex > printing. > What does everybody else use and are there some ideas that could be of benefit > to us all? > best wishes > Charles > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
