Oleg is in Kiev, Ukraine on the Fullbright, and he has no internet yet. So
he won't be able to offer any insight for now.
RT
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <brai...@osu.edu>
To: "'Stuart Walsh'" <s.wa...@ntlworld.com>
Cc: "'Vihuelalist'" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 8:48 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee cyrillienne
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com]
Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:20 AM
To: Eugene C. Braig IV
Cc: 'Vihuelalist'
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Guitarre theorbee
Eugene C. Braig IV wrote:
> Oleg is a great scholar and fine player now based in Iowa City, but his
> "goes to eleven."
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Timofeyev
>
> Eugene
>
>
Interesting. I got the information about the Russian 10-string guitar
from Oleg's Ph.D thesis (page 58). When I was looking around online I
could only find information (via MO's site) about 11-string Russian
guitars:7+4.
Oleg is saying, in his thesis, that Russian guitars with extra basses
have the same range as ordinary Russian guitars tuned down a tone. Maybe
he has changed his mind. I've never seen music for Russian guitars with
extra basses.
Stuart
[Eugene C. Braig IV] I'm fairly certain Oleg would be happy to discuss
such
matters. I haven't been very faithful about patrolling it for a while,
but
when I was there with frequency, Oleg was a semi-regular at this forum
(requires registration):
http://lists.topica.com/lists/guitar-summit
Oleg's own site:
http://www.semistrunka.com/
I've handled Oleg's 11-string guitar, but I just cannot remember the maker
or details. I believe it to be a product of the later 19th c. It is very
much in the style of the ca. 1860 10-string instruments of the Austrian
school typified by Scherzer, but sporting a label in Cyrillic characters
(of
which I have no ken), 11 strings, and a funny tuning (of course, a core of
D-G-B-d-g-b-d'). If you do a Google video search for "Oleg Timofeyev",
you'll find many examples of him playing it, often in duo.
Best,
Eugene
PS Organologists note: I made up that subject designation. It is word
play
only and not a proper reference to any instrument type of which I am
aware,
so please chuckle rather than hassle me for it.
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