To: "Greg Lindahl" <lindahl@pbm.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 14:22:09 -0700
From: "Wilhelm Frawenlop" <wfrawenlop@mailexcite.com>
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Subject: Re: minstrel: modern instruments
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There is, of course, a big question when it comes to playing on modern vs. period instruments.  I, personally, play the Recorder.  Most of mine are the ABS Resin variety, which have a better sound than all but the most pricey recorders.  My only wooden instrument is a Bass, that actually does not sound as good as the Resin instrument that I replaced it with.  But, it looks good to play a wooden instrument every so often.
What is really important is that music is actually being performed.  Most of the time, this question does seem to settle on the use of modern Guitars.  Not many people have either the money or the time to spend on a Lute, for instance.
It is important that we always welcome anybody interested in performing, no matter what they are using.  Our responsibility is to welcome all.
---
Herr Wilhelm von Meissen genannt Frawenlop, AoA
A Founding Dean of the Performing Artists Guild of Trimaris
"Purpure, a Recorder and on a Chief Argent Three Musical notes Gules"


On Thu, 1 Oct 1998 12:02:01    Greg Lindahl wrote:
>> I suspect (though I don't play guitar) that your 
>> guitar might make a better substitute for a lute or one of the early 
>> ancestors of the guitar than it does for a harp.
>
>There's a discussion of this, and plastic and wood recorders, in the
>archive. And allow me to say that you can get better results from a
>new plastic recorder than a cheap wooden one: it's a simple matter of
>performance. Unless you have enough money to buy a _good_ wooden
>recorder, go plastic and spend your money on something else.
>
>-- gb
>
>p.s. the archive is visible from the minstrel homepage,
>
>http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/minstrel.html
>
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