[CAUT] Bridge Materials and Design

[Ed Sutton]

My point is that while they may not be ultimate and optimal, they were 
adequate enough to make some kind of music, and may still be.
I enjoy playing my U-1 with Arledge bass strings and Abel natural hammers, 
and I hope some day to add a Fandrich action. Don't have room for a 9' C. 
Bechstein or a Stein fortepiano.
A friend tells me a new trend in orchestral brass is toward a slightly 
narrower bore, a la 19th century. I don't know if they'll make it back to 
the 18th, but those early classical sackbut/trombones can sound real good in 
Don Giovanni.
By the way, Ron, your suggestion to just "throw" the tuning onto the piano 
is the most helpful single sentence I've read about tuning. Thank you.
Ed


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net>
To: "Ed Sutton" <ed440 at mindspring.com>; <caut at ptg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 3:22 PM
Subject: Re: [CAUT] Bridge Materials and Design


> On 1/19/2011 2:11 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:
>
>> Many composers have written
>> for the instruments that exist. I wonder why....
>>
>> Ed Sutton
>
> Because that's what they had to work with, that's why. The same reason 
> bamboo is still a very common construction material in Asia and never was 
> in the U.S. Hardly any music has been composed for instruments that never 
> existed, or is now being composed for instruments not typically still in 
> use. Is music still being widely composed for the sackbut?
>
> Ron N