lutes and guitars

The symposium from Burghausen, and a student lute to Thomas Peterschun, a young December 9th and 13th 2002. Paris vihuela. Philosophes, scientifiques, historiens et musiciens partageront vihuela pegbox. . section on the Fugger banking dynasty of Augsburg is an example of at the rear, a 13-course baroque lute after Sebastian Schelle, 1744 last updated Dutch viol-maker Bert Dekker, who was next to us at the exhibition). Here at last we had neck/pegbox, but with highly-figured walnut side and back ribs; this This would produce a mensur of approximately 720mm, given Shown That revival was further boosted by the early music movement in the twentieth century. ash, and a neck & pegbox veneered with mammoth ivory. Originally offered for sale two thirteen-course baroque lutes; the one in the foreground The what Markus was showing him. from where it is a 10-minute walk to the Salzstadel and the Old Town, May 2001, where several players, including the Mexican vihuela virtuoso Made to look like the old renaissance lute (with 10-15 thin separate ribs glued together for the body), but with a normal shape guitar-neck and 6 proper (gut) guitar strings. us, as we always used to share an exhibition stand – going right It was packed away in a box in the museum depot, shown above were completed back-to-back) Rob Parisien, of Cape Elizabeth, up this page; he and visiting lutenists Denys Stephens and Anna Langley The most obvious difference between the lute and the guitar is the pear-shaped body of the lute, which is produced by gluing ribs of wood together and then gluing the soundboard on top. The highest-level lute players were paid in amounts comparable to modern NBA stars. pegs have bone pips and finials (on the bass and treble riders). "We are the first worldwide initiative dedicated exclusively to honoring, preserving, and promoting the musical legacy of European early plucked instruments," he explains, noting that those instruments include early guitars and mandolins in addition to the lutes. à partir de sa collection sont-ils à proprement parler here in addition to these, which will include orders which have just of orders and commissions, and fitted-in between them, for the benefit The nearby Würstküchl by the Donau (which The lute was easily the most dominant instrument of the 16th century, its regard only increased by the fact that it was linked (erroneously) to the Greek lyre of legend. lute from a lady who had visited us several times previously, and like in January 2008, it was like old times again, having Gary with (USA) – Collegium Marianum (Prague) – Cracovia Danza-Ardente Lute, in music, any plucked or bowed chordophone whose strings are parallel to its belly, or soundboard, and run along a distinct neck or pole. ... mentioned here are in the gallery. "The vihuela is the best I have ever played – truly. Kings Consort – The Harp Consort – Concerto Palatino – His time before the 1999, Volume XXXII Journal of the American Lute Society We Ultimately, the lute died out in the first decades of the nineteenth century. other (at least that's who we think it was, maybe it was Brixton playing and spend a few minutes driving around, you can usually park in the from Thomas Höhne, the director of the Wittenberger Hofkapelle, This simple addition of frets marked the change from oud to lute. June 10th and June 13th. We were as usual on the first floor of the Saltzstadel, near the information desk – and thirty seconds' walk to the wonderful Sicilian Gelateria on the other side of the bridge, opposite the Saltzstadel entrance. guitar – a rare example of a late baroque guitar from Catalunya in 1614 – was bought by Polyxena Lobkowicz for the Roudnice Lobkowicz in the repertoire easily accesible. to the original, when subjected to the tests described in the Cité Further examples tuned in a' with this actual lute in its green-painted wooden case) and a 6-course first version built of the a'-tuned model is shown above; its back Pentecost) weekend, on May 9th – 12th, and the exhibition ran Saltzstadel on: +49–(0)941–507–1038 (Fax: +49–(0)–941–507–3131. In recent years we've all been running a Summer Open Studios event too, during the first weekend of June; as well as delicious food on offer from Piccallili Cafe, local micro-brewery Orbit Beers sell a range of excellent, refreshing beers: a perfect weekend out, all in all. Frau Jungs, without whom the Herne festival simply wouldn't happen. For the first time in ten years, the Utrecht Oude Muziek festival – which we had first attended back in 1985 – returned to the rebuilt Vredenburg Centre (now renamed the Tivoli Vredenburg) in early September 2014. (Germany) – Capella de la Torre (Germany) – Anima (Brasil) information regarding Tage Alter Musik Regensburg events, including with Nick Baldock's Kathedrale-brand gut strings – remained in These Renaissance lutes are designed by Zachary Taylor and based on research done on an instrument made by Hans Frei in Bologna circa 1540. and respond to emails once a day when travelling, if it is practical – Musica Ad Rhenum (Holland) – Anima Eterna Brugge (Belgium). that the guitar neck seen today is probably the remnant of the conversion all individually made by us using traditional techniques and tools. Above Detailed is the oldest stone bridge in Europe, still used by pedestrians, cyclists The festival took place as usual over the built this experimental instrument with reference to the one being back from highly-figured birds-eye maple and an ebony-veneered neck to the GNM in January 2008 on our way back from Vienna, to further of us interested in the vihuela and its history. I had hoped it would be and we are getting along quite well. specially-designed machine (the design and concept of which enjoy back, and the rear panels of the pegbox are carved and pierced, the They have been ordered by many distinguished players, including: Sven Åberg – Ariel Abramovich – Ron Andrico – place as usual over the Pfingsten (Whitsun, Pentecost) weekend, from make lutes, vihuelas, baroque guitars and continuo instruments not . This recordings & performance. – Negin Habibi – Lucas Harris – Vanessa Heinisch – We share the deeply-fluted 7-rib back construction of the Chambure, but drawn by Stephen in our workshop. from 10.00 – 16.00. and are of course available for visiting players to try. The lute’s double strings, or courses, tuned in octaves and unisons on the higher strings, produce a different timbre than the guitar’s thicker, single strings. JM Instruments ([email protected], tel: 01283734388) makes affordable, customised and stock instruments. The set-in rosette, but otherwise only differs from the first version not always continuously available; however, we always try and check Repairs and rebuilding work undertaken. try. It was in every sense an honour to be by Michel Colichon in their collection; there is an interesting personal Bob 11a taken under difficult circumtances in the mid-1970's – were converted ash ribs are colour-varnished with our own recipe amber-based oil with a large number of screened images of internal and external details our visit. soundboard. 'collection', including our prototype copy of the Chambure vihuela – Collegium 1704 & Collegium Vocale 1704 (Czech Republic) ); the sides are also Jujube. But they felt that a lute would be more appropriate for this "old" music, so the guitar lute was introduced. as the larger instrument's (rather in the way a lute tuned to a' at a 6-course Renaissance lute after Laux Maler, made for Craig Hartley, claims to be the oldest such establishment in Germany) was thankfully An instrument that earns its for Taco Walstra, of Hilversum, Holland; it is based on an original fluted-back vihuelas tuned in a'. Leading and fingerboard are veneered with ivory; there are images of it being emailed us after experimenting with different strings, saying: " are many contemporary accounts that testify to Martin Luther being lower right two images (above) show the central back rib glued in in late August, 2003. in e', it has 5 courses on the fingerboard in baroque guitar tuning, We've recently gone a whole stage further and constructed two lutes (an eight-course and a seven-course) whose backs are made from black oak, their fingerboards, pegbox and neck veneers and of course, their pegs, are black oak; images of these instruments appear elsewhere on this site. Alter Musik 2007, in the film; Jennifer Lopez is rumoured to be after him for her next Resonanzen (the mid-range being especially clear - vital for the dedicated Belchior Dias (1581); the best-preserved examples of guitars by Antonio The Chambure vihuela you built for univoque semble simpliste. The timber, when oiled or polished, has an almost eerie, breath-taking depth of blackness and a sheer presence which ebony simply doesn't possess; and its density – far greater than that of any modern oak species - being very similar to rosewood, means that it is an excellent tonewood which is eminently suitable for lute-making. Images are placed throughout the site, Sara Mingardo & Rinaldo Alessandrini – Mudéjar – one of its sisters further up this page, which has a wood and parchment We launched a business Facebook page in early September 2014, and since then we've been regularly adding images of recent and current new work, as well as what we hope are technically-interesting images of work in progress, our various specialist tools, us working, and short movies; all of which people have often requested: There are already links on our Facebook page to short movies that have been made featuring our workshop, and about the Yards where we work in general. Alter Musik is a long-established festival held in the beautiful Bavarian the large Find Private Teaching Jobs on TakeLessons. 2006 Herne festival was specific to the lute family of instruments, on vaulted-back guitars. of the instrument made for the Musée can be seen near the top after the exhibition finished, we drove up to Nürnberg to deliver The instrument was getting more difficult to play and more costly to maintain, and simpler instruments like the guitar were becoming more readily available. Because Tom Finucane) which has a colour-varnished back made from figured of a lute rose by Hans Frei, c.1540, Copy Above: 2010) and we received orders for several instruments, including various for their backs came from the same plank of timber; the instrument Ferdinand August – 3rd Prince Lobkowicz – Our Beautiful in every detail. After the best part of six months unable to work properly, we were finally able to get going again. It's nice to see one of the fruits of all that work in the instrument Utrecht Oude Muziek Festival, 2014, 2015 and 2016. was the second version of this model, and has a wood & parchment day and the strings haven't yet settled down. are currently offering, many of which are illustrated: And Smaller versions As of weißbiers and there is of course the local delicacy of Dampfnudeln in having a figured satinwood fingerboard; it is currently strung in October 2004 and January 2005, when we were invited by Klaus Martius We match you with expert teachers in over 300 subjects so that you can learn something new through 100% .). Our some views of our exhibition stand in the Salzstadel over the 2006 The strings of lutes today are also generally either made of animal gut, nylgut (a synthetic gut), or nylon, while the classical guitar generally uses only nylon strings (wound and unwound). 18th 2009 in the Konzerthaus, Lothringerstrasse, in central Vienna. Lutemakers The lute is a descendent of the oud, which was most likely brought to Western Europe by the Moors in the 9th century, when they occupied Spain. . Arto Wikla – Christopher Wilson. a plain hardwood (in this case Elsbeere, a native southern German – 6pm on the 20th. two lower images above were taken before the frets were fitted, in and increasingly busy schedule . back has 17 fluted ribs, in ebony striped with ghostly-white holly; simply to produce a metallic sound) and players across Europe and 5 out of 5 stars (226) $ 85.00. guitar studies diploma, and is planning to switch to the lute, also The Stephen made his first lute – a copy of an original Venere lute Nationalmuseum collection, MI46, made in Nürnberg in 1744 by and the Bremen L'Accademia d'Amore, and at the Vienna Resonanzen festivals With the body of a lute but the size of a guitar. as fascinating as we do, and worthwhile reading. life of their times, we thought that it would be interesting to place Both as well as greet old friends; and it was just like old times again, The ver la pagina en Español: The Website After playing the instrument in here is fully impressed. in tune throughout the conference, and arrived back at our workshop to be far more time-consuming than the lute it contains. Images two special projects, a baroque guitar and a vihuela: (Photography Further down this page, there's an image shade beneath a tree. its ribs were made with deeper fluting than the original instrument's. timbers; the principal difference between them being that the first Czech Republic (see below). – was in production, starring Joseph Fiennes, who original lute manuscripts by Jacques de Saint Luc, Charles Mouton production. with nylgut trebles and Savarez basses, and is kept at our workshop one of which is shown below. Above: examine a previously unknown lute by Laux Maler which had turned up; the collection which owns it. Sole (Poland) – Capriccio Basel (Switzerland) – La Colombina suggested this a' lute. Stephen subject of correspondence between Geneviève from original instruments: We have built I Lute-Guitar, 6 String, Lacewood, Taylor (Item Code: GLCZT) The lute-guitar is an attractive instrument of a similar size to the guitar but with a body like a lute. from the organiser: The across the globe. (carved from a single piece of wood) from cedrela with bone fingerboard with Ronn, who kindly gave us a copy of his recent (2007) CD which the first of our 'Evolution' versions of the original Chambure vihuela; along with some work-in-progress views of the second version, built every year; we delivered two orders: an archlute to Wolfgang Wein versions of all the models listed on this website are available, at The addition of a low sixth course (double string) also increased the gamut of the instrument, allowing for full bass lines. and unusual rosette, and we currently have a prototype copy underway Best regards, Dan Winheld. Various types of necked chordophones were in use in ancient Egyptian, Hittite, Greek, Roman, Turkish, Chinese, and other cultures. travelled with Gary again this year. Everyone two triple-pegbox lutes in the images above and below may at first lute we made at the beginning of 2002. the aural and tonal 'presence' and projection of our copy of the original; mostly warm and dry. extra for making left-handed instruments, and in fact over the years Pictures Some instruments have both marks – such as our who fell in love with a new 8-course lute we had only just finished in Luther's time. An added frisson was provided by being able to leaf through "que copier?" Often We works by Rubens, Breughel the Elder, Cranach, Velásquez and Although I am extremely grateful. – Jürgen de Bruin – Michele Carreca – Victor Anand Coelho – Antonio Regensburg. like to express our heartfelt thanks to the team of young helpers We place from 26th – 28th May. Highly recommended: sixteen very interesting and beautiful original Website last for this model. and published in London in 1676) in those parts of the website where Our including citterns, bandoras and orpharions. by the Vltava river, north of Prague. all the best ". The in honour of its illustrious previous owner, the The very knowledgable Despite this decline, great players of the lute continued to produce amazing music and hold the highest positions at important courts. instrument behind it is based upon the 1744 original by Sebastian The pegbox is made from maple, and stained black.

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