> thank you roman -
>
> do you think one style of peg box has a structural advantage over the
> other or can the curvature of the swan's neck peg box be considered
> simply as oriental embellishment?
Probably the latter.
RT
> ciao - bill
>
> On Lunedì, mag 3, 2004, at 19:18 Europe/Rome, Roman Tu
thank you roman -
do you think one style of peg box has a structural advantage over the
other or can the curvature of the swan's neck peg box be considered
simply as oriental embellishment?
ciao - bill
On Lunedì, mag 3, 2004, at 19:18 Europe/Rome, Roman Turovsky wrote:
>> again, if i may, i'd
May 2004 18:16:50 +0200
> To: lute society <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: history of frets
>
> . He describes them as double wound gut threads of graded gauge,
> tied on exactly like later renaissance lute frets (wonder where they
> came from...).
> again, if i may, i'd like to pose a question concerning the oud's
> swan's neck and lute's angular peg box. does anyone know why the
> former was abandoned during the development of the european lute
It wasn't. Some lutes have curved pegboxes, notably "Dutch 12-course" Lutes,
mandoras, Ukrainian
dear all -
earlier, on the list there was a question concerning the origin of
frets.
an informed individual on one of the oud lists left this in response to
my request for documentation:
"frets are usually not depicted in miniatures. They are omnipresent,
however, in islamic theoretical writi
