That's a great offer. I'll take you up on that. Since we're in the middle of another move - the second in 18 months - and I don't want it to get lost, send...
The book is boxed up and ready to go. Anybody else who wants to read it please email Perf. I think it is very poorly-written book, and I'm shocked that she has...
If the degree's any good it will say hons after it. By the time you get to that level, you shouldn't be getting C's (70's) in any of your classes because...
Here is another Bartolex 10-string on eBay with No Reserve, currently priced at just $11.49: <http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbartolexQQhtZ-1> Sometimes these...
Stephen, I got the book Wednesday and I think I'm already done. I looked up "Yepez" [sic] in the index and was floored by her statement that Ohana invented...
Hi John: Aren't the sympathetic strings just-tempered, and the fretted notes equal-tempered, and maybe the difference can me measured in micro tones? This is...
Hey John! I'm concerned that you may be blowing off the importance of hand size a little too easily in response to what she said. Please do not misunderstand...
Ponce died in 1948 and his number one student died in 1978. Any 10 string information at this point probably wouldn't be reliable. Ponce wrote most of his...
Yepes was not a large man and I don't think he had particularly large hands. Segovia had meathooks. No one I've seen play the ten-string has particularly large...
Hey John! Taking note of what you said about Yepes ,,, I reviewed video of his ' Concierto de Aranjuez ' to find out what's ,,, what! Concerning his hands....
If Ponce died in 1948, how does he help design the 10-string in 1964??? Also, I was asking about the String Resonances not being equal-tempered. I don't know...
That dead Ponce must Manuel Ponce the composer. Alberto Ponce the 10 stringer is still alive and lives in France http://www.musikrooms.com/english/ponce.htm P ...
Thanks. That makes a lot more sense! Why do all these guys live in France? Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile ... From: gnomus1874@... Date: Sun, 10 May...
Alberto Ponce never made the ten string and do not love the ten guitar. I remember he was not happy when I came for lessons with a ten strings 72. Pierre...
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Pierre, Thanks for the information. Are you still in contact with your teacher? Did you see the magazine article that Stephen posted and could you do a short...
Viktor has added some new material on his 10-String website: <http://tenstringguitar.info/index.php?p=1_2> <http://tenstringguitar.info/index.php?p=1_3> ...
Hello all: I have a new Bartolex 10-String Lattice/Spruce with Fanned Frets for sale. I will be putting it up on eBay shortly (with photos and sound files) but...
Hello Stephen! This posting of yours really surprises me! I was thinking that possibly my own ten stringer was the only one in existence that was fan fretted. ...
Hello Stephen! If you do choose to keep the guitar ,,, You should play it very well. That way when people hear it they'll ask questions about it. This can in ...
Hello Stephen! This posting of yours really surprises me! I was thinking that possibly my own ten stringer was the only one in existence that was fan fretted. ...
HI Fred: Thanks for your thoughts. You are right, it would be a very cool guitar to play at gigs -- it does carry the "wow' factor. However, I think I'm going...
So I want to string the Bartolex as a fanned-fret 10-string alto. I always thought alto tuning was simply Romantic tuning up a minor third. If not, what...
Hello Stephen, What is your scale length? Altos generally have reduced scale length to be able to tune up a third. If your scale length for the treble and mid...
Hello Friends: Summer has arrived in the Northwest and I would like to tell you about some very special concerts and events coming up. Wednesday May 20th tune...
Hello stephen! Fanned fretted alto you say? Since the term 'Alto' seems to to be a loose definition of a range of pitch ,,, You'll have to decide how high ...
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