[VIHUELA] Re: Early romantic guitaRe: string height

2013-04-20 Thread Braig, Eugene
..And please forgive my incorrect and hastily typed contractions. E From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] on behalf of Braig, Eugene [brai...@osu.edu] Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2013 5:43 PM To: Vihuela Dmth; Early Guitar Dmth Subject:

[VIHUELA] Re: Early romantic guitaRe: string height

2013-04-20 Thread Braig, Eugene
I have a few 19th-c. guitars, originals and copies, but none in the French style. My favorite is an original by Gebruder Placht of Pest, very much in the typical Viennese, Stauffer/Legnani tradition but without an adjustable neck. If it would be of interest--measured as you've requested, Marty

[VIHUELA] Early romantic guitaRe: string height

2013-04-20 Thread Martyn Hodgson
I'd be grateful if players of the early six string guitar (say, 1800 - 1830) could let me know what string height they find best on the instrument. To be specific: by string height I mean the distance required to depress the string to the fingerboard (not to the top of the fret - t