LIST OF PUBLICATIONS from 1974 onwardsABBREVIATIONS :
G.S.J. Galpin Society Journal L.S.J. Lute Society Journal FoMRHI Q Quarterly of the Fellowship of Makers and Researchers of Historical Instruments Comm. Communication DoMI Dictionary of Musical Instruments D.A. Djilda Abbott D.S. Djilda Segerman (same person) E.S. Ephraim Segerman
reprints are available
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Strings in the 16th & 17th centuries - D.A. & E.S. G.S.J. XXVII (1974), pp. 48-73 The tuning of the four-course French cittern and of the four-course guitar in the 16th century - C.Dobson, E.S. and J.Tyler L.S.J. XVI (1974), pp. 17-23 The cittern in England before 1700 - D.A. & E.S. L.S.J. XVII (1975), pp. 24-48 On lute bridges and frets - E.S. & D.A.. Early Music 3/3 (July 1975), p. 295 and 4/3 (July 1976), pp. 365-6 On the sound of early 16th century lutes - D.A. & E.S. Early Music 3/4 (Oct 1975), p. 417 On early 16th century lute barring and bridge placement - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 1 (Nov.1975), Comm. 1, pp. 1-2 Gut strings - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 1 (Nov.1975), Comm. 3, pp. 4-10 (Limits to authenticity in reconstruction of early performances and instruments) - E.S. & D.A. Early Music 4/1 (Jan.1976), pp. 77-8 The geometric description and analysis of instrument shapes - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 2 (Jan.1976), Comm. 5, pp. 7-13 Some thoughts on a file of musical instruments - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 2 (Jan.1976) Comm. 6, pp. 14-15 Sources of information on authentic lute construction - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 2 (Jan.1976),Comm. 7, pp. 15-18 Historical background to the strings used by catgut-scrapers - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 3 (Apr.1976), Comm. 15, pp. 42-7 1 On the Palmer orpharion - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 3 (Apr.1976), Comm. 16, pp. 48-56 Historical background to the strings used by catgut scrapers. (same paper as FoMRHI Q Comm. 15) - E.S & D.A. Catgut Acoustical Soc. Newsletter 25 (May 1976) A letter to editors of periodicals with interests in historical instruments - D.A., Jeremy Montagu & E.S. FoMRHI Q 4 (July 1976), Comm. 27, p. 32 A note on the preparation and distribution of instrument designs - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 4 (July 1976), Comm. 28, p. 33 Design information for lute makers - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 4 (July 1976), Comm. 29, pp. 34-6 On single, octave or unison courses in early stringed instruments - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 4 (July 1976), Comm. 30, pp. 37-42 Gut strings - D.A. & E.S. Early Music 4/4 (Oct. 1976), pp. 430-7 Stringed instruments on the Eglantine table - E.S. & D.A. Early Music 4/4 (Oct. 1976), p. 485 Lessons about the naming of instruments offered by the early guitar and violin - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), Comm. 36, pp. 26-8 Additional comments on Comm. 41 (Lute pegboxes and necks, by William B Samson) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), p. 28 Praetorius and the viola bastarda - E.S & D.A. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976),Comm. 37, pp. 29-32 Praetorius and English pitch standards in the 17th century - E.S & D.A. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), Comm. 38, pp. 33-6 On the string length of the 16th century vihuela da mano - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), Comm. 39, pp. 37-40 Why are lute peg boxes bent back? - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), Comm. 40, p. 41 Museums, commercialism and instrument drawings - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), Comm. 42, p. 43 Further on Comm. 29 (Design information for lute makers) - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), p. 49 2 Review: Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance by David Munrow, and The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments by Jeremy Montagu - E.S. FoMRHI Q 5 (Oct. 1976), Comm. 44, pp. 50-2 Why were lute pegboxes bent back? (same note as FoMRHI Q Comm.40) - D.A. & E.S. Early Music 5/1 (Jan. 1977), p. 113 Jerome of Moravia and bridge curvature in the medieval fiddle - E.S. & D.A.. FoMRHI Q 6 (Jan. 1977), Comm. 50, pp. 34-6 Some speculations on medieval fiddle technique - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 6 (Jan. 1977), Comm. 51, pp. 36-7 The words "authentic" and "original" - E.S. FoMRHI Q 6 (Jan. 1977), Comm. 53, pp. 40-2 Detailed comments on Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance by David Munrow; part 1 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 6 (Jan. 1977), Comm. 44a, pp. 47-51 The names, string-lengths and pitch standards of extended-neck lutes of the 17th century - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 7 (Apr. 1977), Comm. 59, pp. 26-32 On measurers of instruments in museums - E.S. & D.A. with comments from Jeremy Montagu. FoMRHI Q 7 (Apr. 1977), Comm. 63, pp. 38-42 In defence of Comm. 40 ("Why are lute pegboxes bent back?", a reply to alternative suggestions) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 7 (Apr. 1977), Comm. 40a, p. 45 Detailed comments on Instruments of the Middle Ages and Renaissance by David Munrow; part II - E.S. FoMRHI Q 7 (Apr. 1977), Comm. 44b, pp. 46-52, 44 On the sizes of Renaissance and baroque viols and violins - E.S. FoMRHI Q 8 (July 1977), Comm. 65, p. 18 On the dangers of becoming an established scholar - E.S. FoMRHI Q 8 (July 1977), Comm. 69, pp. 35-7 Humidity cycling for stabilisation of gut and wood - D.A., E.S. and David Rolfe FoMRHI Q 8 (July 1977), Comm. 71, pp. 45-6 Comments on comments (Jan.1977) on Comm. 39 (this is part of a debate with Donald Gill concerning relative sizes and tunings on the vihuela and guitar in 16th century Spain) - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 8 (July 1977), Comm. 39b, pp. 65-6 3 Detailed comments on The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments by Jeremy Montagu; part I - E.S. FoMRHI Q 8 (July 1977), Comm. 44c, pp. 67-70 On prematurity of communication (a reply to criticism of Comm. 50 by Anthony Baines in Comm. 58, and is part of an ongoing disagreement concerning the relative roles of FoMRHI Quarterly and the G.S.J.) - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 8 (July 1977), Comm. 58a, pp. 71-2 Review of Gut-strung Plucked Instruments Contemporary with the Lute and Wire-strung Plucked Instruments Contemporary with the Lute, both by D.Gill - E.S. Early Music 5/4 (Oct. 1977), pp. 561-3 Another note concerning Praetorius's pitch standards (this paper concerns wind instrument pitch standards) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 9 (Oct. 1977), Comm. 79, pp. 29-31 On Comm. 81 ("The Strings Formula" by R. F. J. Pelt) - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 9 (Oct. 1977), Comm. 82, pp. 43-4 A reasonable and practical approach to meantone fretting, Appendix 1: Instruments with lute tuning, Appendix 2: The French cittern - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 9 (Oct. 1977), Comm. 88, pp. 54-61 On medieval and early Renaissance tunings and fretting patterns, Appendix: Fretting in 'just' intonation (relating to the 15th century cetra) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 9 (Oct. 1977), Comm. 89, pp. 62-6 Detailed comments on The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments by Jeremy Montagu; part II -E.S. FoMRHI Q 9 (Oct. 1977), Comm. 44d, pp. 71-2 Footnotes for Comm. 93 "Report on the 16th Century Seminar" by Jeremy Montagu - E.S. FoMRHI Q 10 (Jan. 1978), Comm. 93, p. 21 Some thoughts on gut string history before 1600 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 10 (Jan. 1978), Comm. 94, pp. 22-3 A correction to Comm. 50 on Jerome of Moravia's second fiddle tuning - E.S. FoMRHI Q 10 (Jan. 1978), Comm. 95, p. 24 The interaction between gut string technology and instrument ranges and sizes up to the 18th century - E.S. FoMRHI Q 10 (Jan. 1978), Comm. 103, pp. 41-2 Comments on Comm. 105 (about Old Music Wire by Remy Gug) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 10 (Jan. 1978) p. 56 4 Detailed comments on The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments by Jeremy Montagu; part III - E.S. FoMRHI Q 10 (Jan. 1978), Comm. 44e, pp. 58-63 The analysis of the fretting of the Canpi cittern at the Royal College of Music in London - E.S. FoMRHI Q 11 (Apr. 1978), Comm. 124, pp. 53-4 On Comm. 97; Cetra fret blocks - E.S. FoMRHI Q 11 (Apr. 1978), Comm. 125, pp. 55-6 Twist your strings to improve tone and fretting accuracy - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 11 (Apr. 1978), Comm. 126, pp. 57-8 String tension on Mersenne's lute - E.S. FoMRHI Q 11 (Apr. 1978), Comm. 129, p. 65 More on the history of strings and instruments - E.S. & D.A. Catgut Acoustical Soc. Newsletter 29 (May 1978) pp. 29-33. A proposed device for more accurate acoustical duplication of stringed instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 12 (July 1978), Comm. 135, pp. 18-9 Speculations on the Renaissance viol, the ubiquity of soundholes bracketed by bars, and the history of the soundpost - E.S. FoMRHI Q 12 (July 1978), Comm. 136, pp. 20-4 Catline strings - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 12 (July 1978), Comm. 138, pp. 26-9 A red herring on Praetorius's foot - E.S. and Arthur Young FoMRHI Q 13 (Oct. 1978), Comm. 155, p. 29 Two-headed lute news - Ole Vang and E.S. FoMRHI Q 13 (Oct. 1978), Comm. 156, pp. 30-8 On the sizes of surviving English viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 13 (Oct. 1978), Comm. 158, pp. 42-3 A string calculator - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 13 (Oct. 1978), Comm. 162, pp. 47-9 Overspun string calculations - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 13 (Oct. 1978), Comm. 163, pp. 50-2 On twisted metal strings and Mersenne's data - E.S. & D.A. FoMRHI Q 13 (Oct. 1978), Comm. 164, p. 53 On the time of invention of overspun strings - D.A. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 14 (Jan. 1979), Comm. 174, p. 24 5 'Mensur"? Ugh! (a discussion of the names used for vibrating open string length) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 14 (Jan. 1979), Comm. 178, pp. 31-2 Fret distances from the nut for every interval above the open string - D.A., E.S. and Pete Spencer FoMRHI Q 14 (Jan. 1979), Comm. 179, pp. 32-6 More on the sizes of English (and other) viols, Appendix: (the history of the yard) - E.S. and D.A. FoMRHI Q 14 (Jan. 1979), Comm. 187, pp. 63-7 Review: Making Musical Instruments, chapters 1, The Viol by Kessler, 2, The Lute by Harwood and 3,the Baroque Violin by Paul; Ed. Charles Ford - E.S. FoMRHI Q 15 (Apr. 1979), Comm. 188b, pp. 10-28 Mersenne untwisted (the culmination of a debate with Cary Karp concerning Mersenne's metallurgy and string measurements) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 15 (Apr.1979), Comm. 199, pp. 56-7 On Chladni-Plate tunings of baroque viol soundboards - E.S. FoMRHI Q 15 (Apr. 1979), Comm. 206, pp. 72-5 Review: Lute Construction by P. Macleod-Coupe - E.S. Early Music 7/3 (July 1979), pp. 405-9 On baroque lute stringing and tunings - D.S. & E.S. FoMRHI Q 16 (July 1979), Comm. 215, pp. 26-33 Further to Comm. 216 ("Acoustics, Appearance and Authenticity - Are our Priorities Right?" by William Samson) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 16 (July 1979), Comm. 216, pp. 39-40 On the information in instrument drawings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 17 (Oct. 1979), Comm. 232, pp. 36-9 Theory of viol design - I (the detailed geometry of the relationship of the strings to the nut, fingerboard and bridge) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 18 (Jan. 1980), Comm. 253, pp. 33-9 Review: The Early Guitar by J. Tyler - E.S. Early Music 8/3 (July 1980), pp. 387-8 A note on the belly construction of early English viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 20 (July 1980), Comm. 289, pp. 25-6 Report on FoMRHI Conference: Pitch and Transposition, including a summary of my paper: "Transposition Practices on 16th Century Viols" - E.S. FoMRHI Q 21 (Oct. 1980), pp. 11-16 A simple, safe method for making pine resin varnish - J.Duncalf & E.S. FoMRHI Q 21 (Oct. 1980), Comm. 302, pp. 23-6 6 Catalogue of Instruments - E.S. Northern Renaissance Instruments (Dec. 1980) On the number of guts in a gut string - E.S. FoMRHI Q 22 (Jan. 1981), Comm. 325, pp. 37-43 Criteria for the naming of instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 23 (Apr. 1981), Comm. 338, pp. 59-62 A string diameter on Mersenne's bass viol - M.Namreges FoMRHI Q 23 (Apr. 1981), Comm. 343, pp. 77-8 Ambiguity in Mersenne's use of "grosseur", harmonic proportions for string parameters and his law of string vibration - E.S. FoMRHI Q 23 (Apr. 1981), Comm. 344, pp. 79-83 The lower-back fold of English treble viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 24 (July 1981), Comm. 352, pp. 16-7,52 The inverted mordent in late 16th and 17th century music - E.S. FoMRHI Q 24 (July 1981), Comm. 359, pp. 53-6 Baroque Violins, Violas and Cellos - E.S. NRI brochure, September 1981, 12 pages (revised version August 1983 entitled: The development of the violin family) Care and fitting of gut strings for bowed instruments - D.S. and E.S. NRI brochure, September 1981, 4 pages All-gut stringing of lutes - E.S. and D.S. NRI brochure, September 1981, 8 pages More on organological terminology - response to Comm.351 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 25 (Oct. 1981), Comm. 376, pp. 29-35 Thickness graduation of the Tourte bow according to Vuillaume, its generalisation and a particularly simple alternative - E.S. FoMRHI Q 25 (Oct. 1981), Comm. 379, pp. 43-6 Conservation of research information vs. a lending playing collection. E.S. FoMRHI Q 25 (Oct. 1981), Comm. 380, pp. 46-50 On Talbot's measurements of viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 25 (Oct. 1981), Comm. 382, pp. 56-63 Construction of viol bellies by bending all staves - E.S. & J.Duncalf FoMRHI Q 26 (Jan. 1982), Comm. 395. p. 28 7 A Survey of lute graces in the Renaissance and early baroque - E.S. FoMRHI Q 26 (Jan. 1982), Comm. 398, pp. 41-61 Orpharion news - E.S. FoMRHI Q 27 (Apr. 1982), Comm. 407, pp. 25-9 More mid-16th century information on Spanish gracing - E.S. FoMRHI Q 27 (Apr. 1982), Comm. 408, pp. 29-32 Renaissance and baroque bows - E.S. FoMRHI Q 27 (Apr. 1982), Comm. 409, pp. 32-7 Hizler's tenor violin - E.S. FoMRHI Q 27 (Apr. 1982), Comm. 410, p. 38 On Memlings's psaltery - E.S. FoMRHI Q 27 (Apr. 1982), Comm. 411, pp. 39-40 Proposed construction of a medieval fiddle - E.S. FoMRHI Q 27 (Apr. 1982), Comm. 412, pp. 41-2 All-gut bass strings - E.S. & D.S. FoMRHI Q 27 (Apr. 1982), Comm. 413, pp. 43-6 Speculations on the rote - E.S. FoMRHI Q 29 (Oct. 1982), Comm. 437, pp. 34-5 Strings for the violin family - summary of historical information - E.S. FoMRHI Q 29 (Oct. 1982), Comm. 438, pp. 36-49 Ferrous wire of high tensile strength ca. 1600 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 30 (Jan. 1983), Comm. 440, pp. 14-6, 26 On German, Italian and French pitch standards in the 17th and 18th centuries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 30 (Jan. 1983), Comm. 442, pp. 27-39 On the sizes of Italian theorboes and archlutes before 1650 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 31 (Apr. 1983), Comm. 456, pp. 46-7 Early 18th century bows and screws - E.S. FoMRHI Q 31 (Apr. 1983), Comm. 458, pp. 50-1 A note on meantone temperament - E.S. FoMRHI Q 31 (Apr. 1983), Comm. 459, pp. 52-4 Wood contraction and instrument bores - E.S. FoMRHI Q 31 (Apr. 1983), Comm. 460, pp. 54-6 8 What is an historical instrument? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 32 (July 1983), Comm. 477, pp. 42-4 The development of the violin family - E.S. NRI Brochure, Aug. 1983 (revision of "Baroque violins, violas and cellos", Sept. 1981) Response to Comm. 490 on English viol pitches - E.S. FoMRHI Q 33 (Oct. 1983), Comm. 491, pp. 31-3 Trouble with Comm. 302 varnish - E.S. FoMRHI Q 33 (Oct. 1983), Comm. 500, p. 26 Strings for the violin family - summary of historical information - E.S. NRI Publication, November 1983, (revised version of FoMRHI Comm. 438, Oct. 1982) Eighteenth century success of copal varnish - E.S. FoMRHI Q 34 (Jan. 1984), Comm. 506, pp. 35-36 Trends toward historical accuracy in popular designs of pre-classical stringed instruments -E.S. FoMRHI Q 35 (Apr. 1984), Comm. 523, pp. 28-9 Was the violin a French invention after all? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 35 (Apr. 1984), Comm. 524, pp. 30-1 Fingerboard length on the baroque violin - E.S. FoMRHI Q 35 (Apr. 1984), Comm. 525, pp. 31-2 Figures relevant to Comm. 546 (concerning early use of a floor spike on the 'cello and tuning strings while playing) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 36 (July 1984), Comm. 547, p. 44 The lengths of bows in the baroque - E.S. FoMRHI Q 36 (July 1984), Comm. 550, pp. 49-51 Review: Sprightly and Cheerful Musick by John M. Ward - E.S. Early Music, 12/3 (Aug. 1984), pp. 391-5 Why gut treble strings are the best - E.S. FoMRHI Q 37 (Oct. 1984), Comm. 563, p. 31 A thicknessing procedure for baroque and modern bows - E.S. FoMRHI Q 37 (Oct. 1984), Comm. 564, pp. 32-3 Response to Crighton's Comm. 559 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 38 (Jan. 1985), Comm. 596, pp. 53-4 English viol sizes and pitches - E.S. FoMRHI Q 38 (Jan. 1985), Comm. 597, pp. 55-62 9 What Praetorius wrote on English viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 38 (Jan. 1985), Comm. 598, pp. 63-5 Review: Musicalische Temperatur (Quedlinburg 1691) by Andreas Werckmeister, facsimile edition edited by Rudolf Rasch - E.S. Early Music, 13/1 (Feb. 1985), pp. 91-3 Review: Lutes, Viols & Temperaments by Mark Lindley - E.S. Early Music, 13/1 (Feb. 1985), pp. 91-3 (combined with above review) Review: New Grove DoMI - E.S. FoMRHI Q 39 (Apr. 1985), Comm. 605, pp. 23-5 Review: The Pitches of 18th Century Strung Keyboard Instruments by C. Karp - E.S. FoMRHI Q 39 (Apr. 1985), Comm. 606, pp. 25-7 Response to Crookes's Comms 589 and 590 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 39 (Apr. 1985), Comm. 613, pp. 47-8 Praetorius's Pitch? - E.S. Early Music 13/2 (May 1985), pp. 261-3 Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 1: A entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 40 (July 1985), Comm. 621, pp. 17-9 Response to Comm. 610 on vihuelas - E.S. FoMRHI Q 40 (July 1985), Comm. 629, pp. 38-40 A closer look at pitch ranges of gut strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 40 (July 1985), Comm. 632, pp. 46-56 Praetorius, Meeus and the English viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 40 (July 1985), Comm. 633, pp. 57-8 Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 2: Ba entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 41 (Oct. 1985), Comm. 647, pp. 17-9 Discussion of points on violas and vihuelas in Comm. 660 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 41 (Oct. 1985), Comm. 661, pp. 51-2 Some ways with means - E.S. FoMRHI Q 41 (Oct. 1985), Comm. 664, pp. 67-8 Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 3: B entries after Ba - E.S. FoMRHI Q 42 (Jan. 1986), Comm. 672, pp. 24-6 Eighteenth-century German and French pitches - E.S. FoMRHI Q 42 (Jan. 1986), Comm. 683, pp. 62-8 10 Angled bridges and J bars on lutes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 42 (Jan. 1986), Comm. 687, pp. 72-3 A provisional chronology of the development of predecessors of European necked stringed instruments - non-European origins - E.S. Manchester University Music Dept. Lecture handout (Jan. 1986), one page A provisional chronology of the development of European guitars, including the plucked vihuela and viola - E.S. Manchester University Music Dept. Lecture handout (Jan. 1986), 5 pages A provisional chronology of the development of European fiddles - from fiddles to violins - E.S. Manchester University Music Dept. Lecture handout (Jan. 1986), 5 pages Table of European lutes - E.S. Manchester University Music Dept. Lecture handout (Feb. 1986), one page Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 4: Ca to Ci entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 43 (Apr. 1986), Comm. 698, pp. 39-45 On extended lutes, Appendix 1: Smith's objections to Piccinini's story, Appendix 2: Talbot on the English theorboes, Appendix 3: Mace's theorbo (including an analysis of string stress conditions in Praetorius's instruments) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 43 (Apr. 1986), Comm. 712, pp. 92-8 Neapolitan mandolins, wire strengths and violin stringing - E.S. FoMRHI Q 43 (Apr. 1986), Comm. 713, pp. 99-100 Round bridges: the geometry of clearance angles - E.S. FoMRHI Q 43 (Apr. 1986), Comm. 714, pp. 101-4 Flat bridges I: focus on the lira da braccio - E.S. FoMRHI Q 43 (Apr. 1986), Comm. 715, pp. 105-7 Lyra and other viols that played from tablature ... - E.S. FoMRHI Q 43 (Apr. 1986), Comm. 716, pp. 108-11 Review: Geometry, Proportion and the Art of Lutherie by Kevin Coates - E.S. Early Music 14/2 (May 1986), pp. 269-73 Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 5: C entries after Ci - E.S. FoMRHI Q 44 (July 1986), Comm. 729, pp. 19-20 Response to Comms 739 and 740 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 44 (July 1986), Comm. 742, pp. 65-7 More on early gut string diameters - E.S. FoMRHI Q 44 (July 1986), Comm. 743, pp. 67-9 11 Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 6: D entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 45 (Oct. 1986), Comm. 750, pp. 23-4, 35 Mersenne, Mace and speed of playing - E.S. FoMRHI Q 45 (Oct. 1986), Comm. 753, pp. 29-30 Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 7: E and F entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 46 (Jan. 1987), Comm. 770, pp. 20-4 Response to an attack on modern catlines - E.S. FoMRHI Q 46 (Jan. 1987), Comm. 772, pp. 30-4 A 1656 Tabley ms: on viol players, cittern and gittern - E.S. FoMRHI Q 46 (Jan. 1987), Comm. 773, pp. 34-5 The wood under the varnish - E.S. FoMRHI Q 46 (Jan. 1987), Comm. 774, pp. 36-8 Nut groove diameters on a Sellas extended-neck lute - E.S. FoMRHI Q 46 (Jan. 1987), Comm. 775, pp. 39-41 Review: New Grove DoMI: ES 8: G entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 47 (Apr. 1987), Comm. 788, pp. 14-5 Review: Voices & Instruments of the Middle Ages by C. Page - E.S. FoMRHI Q 48 (July 1987), Comm. 809, pp. 13-4 Review: Syntagma Musicum II, Parts I and II by Michael Praetorius, translated and edited by D. Z. Crookes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 48 (July 1987), Comm. 810, pp. 15-6 Review: Bate Collection of Historical Instruments - Supplement to the printed Catalogue of 1976 by J. Montagu - E.S. FoMRHI Q 48 (July 1987), Comm. 811, p. 16 Recent changes in early music - E.S. FoMRHI Q 48 (July 1987), Comm. 814, pp. 20-2 The musical uses of the word 'consort' - E.S. FoMRHI Q 48 (July 1987), Comm. 819, pp. 28-30 Discussion of the physics of bowing, response to Comm. 794 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 48 (July 1987), Comm. 820, pp. 30-1 Response to Meeus on the bowed string - E.S. FoMRHI Q 49 (Oct. 1987), Comm. 839, p. 53 An embryonic bass bar? (a dark mass under one bridge foot in 1536 viol drawings) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 49 (Oct. 1987), Comm. 840, p. 54 12 On Praetorius and English Viol Pitches - E.S. CHELYS Vol. 17 (1988), pp. 24-7 On the double bass and related instruments before 1700 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 50 (Jan. 1988), Comm. 855, pp. 49-55 Strings through the ages I: the history of strings and their construction - E.S. THE STRAD Vol. 99 No. 1173 (Jan. 1988), pp. 52-5 Strings through the ages II 'Highly Strung': violin string diameters and tensions - E.S. THE STRAD Vol. 99 No. 1175 (Mar. 1988), pp. 195-201 Strings through the ages III 'Deep Tensions': viola, bass violin and 'cello stringings - E.S. THE STRAD Vol. 99 No. 1176 (Apr. 1988), pp. 295-9 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 9: H and I entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 51 (Apr. 1988), Comm. 860, pp. 14-6 On English and French vocal and viol style in the late Renaissance and baroque - E.S. FoMRHI Q 51 (Apr. 1988), Comm. 862, pp. 18-22 On English lute sizes and tunings c 1600: a solution to the English treble-lute paradox - E.S. FoMRHI Q 51 (Apr. 1988), Comm. 867, pp. 37-8 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 10: J and K entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 52 (July 1988), Comm. 872, p. 24 A reminder on the principles of scholarly choice - E.S. FoMRHI Q 52 (July 1988), Comm. 873, pp. 25-6 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 11, L entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 53 (Oct. 1988), Comm. 886, pp. 13-4 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 12, M entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 54 (Jan. 1989), Comm. 898, p. 36 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 13, N and O entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 55 (Apr. 1989), Comm. 904, pp. 16-7 Rhetoric for the voice and instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 55 (Apr. 1989), Comm. 916, pp. 43-4 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 14, P entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 58 (Jan. 1990), Comm. 951, pp. 24-7 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 15, Q and R entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 59 (Apr. 1990), Comm. 965, pp. 10 13 New Grove DoMI: ES No. 16, S entries - E.S. FoMRHI Q 60 (July 1988), Comm. 977, pp. 10-1 The buzzing of wound strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 63 (Apr. 1991), Comm. 1033, pp. 41-3 The stringing of English and German guitars - E.S. FoMRHI Q 63 (Apr. 1991), Comm. 1034, p. 44 Culture mathematics and the design of early instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 63 (Apr. 1991), Comm. 1035, pp. 45-6 Some geometrical analyses of archings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 63 (Apr. 1991), Comm. 1036, pp. 47-9 Some English viol belly shapes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 64 (July 1991), Comm. 1053, pp. 38-41 English pitch standards, mostly c.1600 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 65 (Oct. 1991), Comm. 1063, pp. 13-6 On early music - E.S. FoMRHI Q 66 (Jan. 1992), Comm. 1079, pp. 28-9 Designs of the V&A Rose and Jaye viol soundholes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 66 (Jan. 1992), Comm. 1080, pp. 30-1 The reality of musicians and scientists: response to Comm 1076 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 67 (Apr. 1992), Comm. 1090, pp. 31-3 Shelley's guitar and 19th century stringing practices - E.S. FoMRHI Q 67 (Apr. 1992), Comm. 1096, pp. 41-2 Sympathetic strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 67 (Apr. 1992), Comm. 1097, pp. 43-4 Reply to Comm. 891 by Bruce Haynes (includes tables of pitch standards) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 67 (Apr. 1992), Comm. 1098, pp. 45-52 Further comments on our dispute - Bruce Haynes & E.S. FoMRHI Q 67 (Apr. 1992), Comm. 1099, p. 53 Early 18th century English pitches, especially 'Consort flute pitch' and 'Church pitch of f' - E.S. FoMRHI Q 67 (Apr. 1992), Comm. 1100, pp. 54-6 What is a 'copy' of an original instrument? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 68 (July 1992), Comm. 1111, p. 23 14 English organs and transposition skills - E.S. FoMRHI Q 69 (Oct. 1992), Comm. 1127, pp. 39-41 Fascination with the chekker is alive and well - E.S. FoMRHI Q 69 (Oct. 1992), Comm. 1128, pp. 42-3 Tempos and time signatures in 17th century England - E.S. FoMRHI Q 69 (Oct. 1992), Comm. 1129, pp. 44-7 Duple tempi and time signatures in the 16th century - E.S. FoMRHI Q 69 (Oct. 1992), Comm. 1130, pp. 48-52 Beethoven and the early music industry - E.S. FoMRHI Q 70 (Jan. 1993), Comm. 1147, pp. 37-8 On embellishment function and context - E.S. FoMRHI Q 70 (Jan. 1993), Comm. 1148, pp. 39-43 Applying the principles of stringing plucked instruments to the Irish harp - E.S. FoMRHI Q 70 (Jan. 1993), Comm. 1149, p. 44 Review: A handbook of historical stringing practice for keyboard instruments by Malcolm Rose and David Law - E.S. Early Music XXI/1 (Feb. 1993), pp. 118-9 On current uniformity in performing style - E.S. FoMRHI Q 71 (Apr. 1993), Comm. 1158, p. 23 Conflicting philosophies in the bassoon controversy - E.S. FoMRHI Q 71 (Apr. 1993), Comm. 1159, p. 24 Medieval sound boxes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 71 (Apr. 1993), Comm. 1167, pp. 38-9 Fingerboard shapes and graded frets - E.S. FoMRHI Q 71 (Apr. 1993), Comm. 1168, pp. 40-3 Response to Bavington's Comm. 1174 criticising criticism of early musicians - E.S. FoMRHI Q 73 (Oct. 1993), Comm. 1191, pp. 37-8 Response to Wood's Comm. 1175 criticising criticism of early musicians - E.S. FoMRHI Q 73 (Oct. 1993), Comm. 1192, pp. 38-9 The sharp-eared minority and the effects of its power - E.S. FoMRHI Q 73 (Oct. 1993), Comm. 1193, p. 40 Where have all the creative amateurs gone? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 73 (Oct. 1993), Comm. 1194, pp. 41-2 15 The sizes and pitches of Praetorius's sackbuts - E.S. FoMRHI Q 73 (Oct. 1993), Comm. 1200, pp. 50-1 Meantone fretting by computer or calculator - E.S. FoMRHI Q 73 (Oct. 1993), Comm. 1201, pp. 52 On musicologists and early music - E.S. FoMRHI Q 74 (Jan. 1994), Comm. 1217, p. 21 Scholarship, statistics, and the minimum amount of evidence needed - E.S. FoMRHI Q 74 (Jan. 1994), Comm. 1218, p. 23 On the difference between early and modern baroque reeds - E.S. FoMRHI Q 74 (Jan. 1994), Comm. 1223, p. 37 A c. 1900 string gauge and an unwound viola C string - E.S. FoMRHI Q 74 (Jan. 1994), Comm. 1233, p. 82 Historical violin stringings up to 1900 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 74 (Jan. 1994), Comm. 1234, pp. 83-6 On catlines and Pistoy basses - E.S. FoMRHI Q 74 (Jan. 1994), Comm. 1235, p. 87 Unwelcome honesty doesn't help - a response to Comm. 1216 (and 1215) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 75 (Apr. 1994), Comm. 1244, p. 21 On the measurement of tessitura and movement in music - E.S. FoMRHI Q 75 (Apr. 1994), Comm. 1249, p. 30 An equal-tempered scale for tempo - E.S. FoMRHI Q 75 (Apr. 1994), Comm. 1250, p. 31 Gerle on tempo - E.S. FoMRHI Q 75 (Apr. 1994), Comm. 1251, pp. 32-4 On historical string tensions on lutes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 75 (Apr. 1994), Comm. 1255, pp. 41-2 Stringing 5-course baroque guitars - E.S. FoMRHI Q 75 (Apr. 1994), Comm. 1256, pp. 43-5 Michael Morrow - E.S. FoMRHI Q 76 (July 1994), Comm. 1273, pp. 18-9 Reply to Raudonikas's Comm. 1243 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 76 (July 1994), Comm. 1274, p. 20 16 Occam's Razor: the formal method for ensuring objectivity in scholarship - E.S. FoMRHI Q 76 (July 1994), Comm. 1276, pp. 22-3 More on the name 'catline' - E.S. FoMRHI Q 76 (July 1994), Comm. 1289, p. 85 On early 17th century English vocal and organ pitches - E.S. FoMRHI Q 76 (July 1994), Comm. 1290, pp. 86-8 Review: Historische Lacke und Beizen auf Musikinstrumenten in deutschsprachigen Quellen bis 1900 by E. Fontana, F. Hellwig & K. Martius - E.S. FoMRHI Q 77 (Oct. 1994), Comm. 1295, p. 18 Response to Comm. 1302 on Occam's Razor - E.S. FoMRHI Q 77 (Oct. 1994), Comm. 1303, p. 42 For an open and honest FoMRHI - reply to Comm. 1218 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 77 (Oct. 1994), Comm. 1304, p. 43 On historical lute string types and tensions (including a response to Comm. 1288) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 77 (Oct. 1994), Comm. 1307, pp. 54-7 On melodic and continuo bowing of early fiddles and viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 77 (Oct. 1994), Comm. 1309, pp. 59-63 On manners, status and Comm. 1301 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 78 (Jan. 1995), Comm. 1314, pp. 14-5 Contrasts between string and woodwind gracing in Purcell's time - E.S. FoMRHI Q 78 (Jan. 1995), Comm. 1316, pp. 18-9 On the scholarship of string names - reply to Comm. 1308 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 78 (Jan. 1995), Comm. 1317, pp. 20-1 Praetorius's brass instruments and Cammerthon - Steve Heavens & E.S. FoMRHI Q 78 (Jan. 1995), Comm. 1327, pp. 54-9 The sizes of English viols and Talbot's measurements - E.S. G.S.J. XLVII (March 1995), pp. 33-45 The name 'tenor violin' - E.S. G.S.J. XLVII (March 1995), pp. 181-7 On Stroom's Comm. 1315 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 79 (Apr. 1995), Comm. 1335, pp. 16-7 A revised hypothesis for the early musical meaning of the word 'consort' - E.S. FoMRHI Q 79 (Apr. 1995), Comm. 1336, pp. 18-9 17 Reply to Comm. 1329 on English organ pitches - E.S. FoMRHI Q 79 (Apr. 1995), Comm. 1347, pp. 42-6 Response to Chiverton's Comm. 1322 on lute belly shapes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 79 (Apr. 1995), Comm. 1348, p. 46 Response to Comm. 1337 on wood science - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1363, pp. 21-2 Reply to Rawson's Comm. 1339 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1364, p. 23 On the upsetting power of Occam's Razor - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1365, p. 24 Praetorius's and surviving Nuremberg sackbut lengths and playing pitches - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1371, pp. 34-6 On measuring the pitch of early wind instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1372, pp. 36-7 Mersenne's sackbut and pitch, plus playing with shawms - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1373, p. 38 Mersenne's pitch standard - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1374, pp. 39-40 On some early 17th century discussions of gracing - E.S. FoMRHI Q 80 (July 1995), Comm. 1379, pp. 48-51 On Stroom's Comm 1366 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 81 (Oct. 1995), Comm. 1388, pp. 11-2 The 'clearness' of early gut - E.S. FoMRHI Q 81 (Oct. 1995), Comm. 1397, pp. 24-5 Pitch standards of early English organs - response to Comm. 1383 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 81 (Oct. 1995), Comm. 1398, pp. 26-31 On the expression of emotion in music - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1414, pp. 30-2 Anti-FoMRHI people in the lute world - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1415, pp. 33-4 Some aspects of string technology bearing on sound quality - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1416, pp. 34-5 18 A power law in the stringing of instruments with varying string length - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1418, p. 38 On describing the body shapes of stringed instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1419, p. 39 On the hair tension during bowing - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1420, p. 40 The instruments of the Consort - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1422, pp. 43-9 Wood treatment to improve sound - E.S. FoMRHI Q 82 (Jan. 1996), Comm. 1423, pp. 50-1 Viol-bodied Fiddles - E.S. G.S.J. XLIX (Mar. 1996), pp. 204-6 Heale on surviving treble viols of modern size - E.S. G.S.J. XLIX (Mar. 1996), pp. 273-4 Mace and overspun strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 83 (Apr. 1996), Comm. 1440, p. 55 A re-examination of the evidence on absolute tempo before 1700 - I - E.S. Early Music XXIV/2 (May 1996), pp. 227-48 Review: Musical Instruments in the Bible, 1966, by J. Montagu - E.S. FoMRHI Q 84 (July 1996), Comm. 1453, p. 15 Reply to Comm. 1426 on emotion imaged by music - E.S. FoMRHI Q 84 (July 1996), Comm. 1454, p. 16 The 'dying fall', Caccini's 'Exclamation' and a sigh - E.S. FoMRHI Q 84 (July 1996), Comm. 1455, pp. 17-8 Sinews: a search for improvement or an excuse for complacency? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 84 (July 1996), Comm. 1467, p. 42 Reply to Peter Forrester's Comm. 1445 on English citterns - E.S. FoMRHI Q 84 (July 1996), Comm. 1468, pp. 43-50 Wood structure and what happened in the Hunt & Balsan experiment - E.S. FoMRHI Q 84 (July 1996), Comm. 1471, pp. 53-5 Models for sound improvement on playing in - E.S. FoMRHI Q 84 (July 1996), Comm. 1472, p. 55 19 Vihuela string quality and thickness, and the Paris vihuela - E.S. FoMRHI Q 85 (Oct. 1996), Comm. 1483, p. 30 The changes from baroque to modern violins - E.S. FoMRHI Q 85 (Oct. 1996), Comm. 1484, pp. 31-2 A re-examination of the evidence on absolute tempo before 1700 - II - E.S. Early Music XXIV/4 (Nov 1996), pp. 681-9 Pitch standards in northern Italy - E.S. FoMRHI Q 86 (Jan. 1997), Comm. 1489, pp. 9-12 Violin research 15 years ago - E.S. FoMRHI Q 86 (Jan. 1997), Comm. 1492, pp. 16-7 On the calculations in Comm. 1480 by Lee - E.S. FoMRHI Q 86 (Jan. 1997), Comm. 1493, p. 17 Mersenne's iron and Ruckers 6-foot pitch - E.S. FoMRHI Q 86 (Jan. 1997), Comm. 1494, p. 18 Reply to Forrester's Comm. 1481 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 86 (Jan. 1997), Comm. 1497, pp. 22-4 Response to Comm. 1482 and the Wensler G30 cithrinchen stringing - E.S. FoMRHI Q 86 (Jan. 1997), Comm. 1498, pp. 25-6 Praetorius's Cammerthon Pitch Standard - E.S. G.S.J. L (Mar. 1997), pp. 81-108 Trust but do not believe what you see in pictures - E.S. FoMRHI Q 87 (Apr. 1997), Comm. 1509, pp. 19-20 Chaos, fractals and musical instrument acoustics - E.S. FoMRHI Q 87 (Apr. 1997), Comm. 1510, pp. 20-1 A correction and simplification for Comm.1493 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 87 (Apr. 1997), Comm. 1511, p. 22 Semitone-step calculations in stringing - E.S. FoMRHI Q 87 (Apr. 1997), Comm. 1517, p. 31 Stradivari 'cello' strings and his bass viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 87 (Apr. 1997), Comm. 1518, pp. 32-3 Thick gut strings, playing harmonics and stopping in mid air - E.S. FoMRHI Q 87 (Apr. 1997), Comm. 1519, pp. 34-5 20 Some earlyish cello string information - E.S. FoMRHI Q 87 (Apr. 1997), Comm. 1520, p. 35 Is evidence to be explained or just accumulated? - reply to Comm. 1516 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 88 (July 1997), Comm. 1523, p. 10 The mathematics of tuning up a string - E.S. FoMRHI Q 88 (July 1997), Comm. 1528, p. 22 A short history of the names 'gittern' and 'cittern', re: Comm. 1514 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 88 (July 1997), Comm. 1529, pp. 23-7 More on the English guitar and speculations on its origin - E.S. FoMRHI Q 88 (July 1997), Comm. 1531, pp. 28-9 Explanations of ways in which wood absorbs sound vibration - E.S. FoMRHI Q 88 (July 1997), Comm. 1532, pp. 30-3 The dimensions of windings on a traditional wound string - E.S. FoMRHI Q 88 (July 1997), Comm. 1533, pp. 34-43 What happens when and just after the clavichord tangent hits the string? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 89 (Oct. 1997), Comm. 1541, pp. 36-8 The purpose of the cotton between the hurdy-gurdy wheel and string - E.S. FoMRHI Q 89 (Oct. 1997), Comm. 1542, p. 38 Origins of the 'guitarra portuguesa' - E.S. FoMRHI Q 89 (Oct. 1997), Comm. 1543, p. 39 On Praetorius and the sizes of Renaissance bowed instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 89 (Oct. 1997), Comm. 1545, pp. 40-52 Review: The Violin Explained - Components Mechanism and Sound, O. U. P. by J. Beament - E.S. FoMRHI Q 90 (Jan. 1998), Comm. 1548, pp. 11-2 Review: The Magpie in Ethnomusicology, by J. Montagu - E.S. FoMRHI Q 90 (Jan. 1998), Comm. 1549, p. 12 Reply to Comm. 1544 on catlines - E.S. FoMRHI Q 90 (Jan. 1998), Comm. 1557, p. 31 Forqueray's strings and 18th century wound string sound - E.S. FoMRHI Q 90 (Jan. 1998), Comm. 1558, pp. 32-3 On the Lira da Braccio and Lirone Project - E.S. FoMRHI Q 90 (Jan. 1998), Comm. 1560, pp. 36-7 21 The early violino and the viole da braccio family - E.S. FoMRHI Q 90 (Jan. 1998), Comm. 1562, pp. 40-3 On the tangent-string interaction on a clavichord: reply to Comm 1563 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 90 (Jan. 1998), Comm. 1564, pp. 46-7 Gut Stringing for Lutes - E.S. Lute News No. 45 (Mar. 1998), pp.13-8 (plus two loose pages used as a calculator) On the information content of musical iconography: reply to Tiella's Comm. 1551 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 91 (Apr. 1998), Comm. 1571, pp. 31-3 A miscellany on pre-18th century hurdy gurdies - E.S. FoMRHI Q 91 (Apr. 1998), Comm. 1572, pp. 33-4 Ruminations on original methods of constructing English viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 91 (Apr. 1998), Comm. 1575, p. 37 Violins, citterns and viols in the Edinburgh 'A.S.' manuscript - E.S. FoMRHI Q 91 (Apr. 1998), Comm. 1576, pp. 38-44 The handling of source errors in scholarship - E.S. FoMRHI Q 92 (July 1998), Comm. 1580, pp. 8-10 Late 17th century English bass violins, and catlin highest pitches - E.S. FoMRHI Q 92 (July 1998), Comm. 1590, pp. 28-30 Catch's non-view on the construction of catlins - E.S. FoMRHI Q 92 (July 1998), Comm. 1591, p. 30 The size of the English 12-course lute - E.S. FoMRHI Q 92 (July 1998), Comm. 1592, pp. 31-2 Praetorius's plucked instruments and their strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 92 (July 1998), Comm. 1593, pp. 33-7 Gut stringing for lutes III - E.S. Comments on Martin Shepherd's comments (Lute News 46) on my article in L.N. 45 Lute News 47 (Sept, 1998), pp. 15-7 The Tunings and Sizes of the Viole da Braccio: A Correction and New Theory - E.S. FoMRHI Q 93 (Oct. 1998), Comm. 1604, pp. 23-6 French fiddles, the soundpost and the violino - E.S. FoMRHI Q 93 (Oct. 1998), Comm. 1605, p. 27 Peg Fitting - E.S. FoMRHI Q 93 (Oct. 1998), Comm. 1606, p. 28 22 Curving a fingerboard to improve the action - E.S. FoMRHI Q 94 (Jan. 1999), Comm. 1621, pp. 37-9 A Short History of the Cittern - E.S. G.S.J. LII (Mar. 1999), pp. 77-107 On Talbot's 'Usual' Bass Violin - E.S. A reply to J. Catch, 'Talbot's 'Usual' Bass Violin', GSJ LI (1998). pp. 269-71 criticising E. Segerman, 'The Sizes of English Viols and Talbot's Measurements', GSJ XLVIII (1995), pp. 33-45. G.S.J. LII (Mar. 1999), pp. 389-90 The Tunings and Sizes of the Viole da Braccio - E.S. A reply to Herbert W. Meyers, 'Zacconi's Viola da Braccio Tunings', GSJ LI (1998), pp. 244-7 criticising E. Segerman, 'The Name 'Tenor Violin', GSJ XLVII (1995), p.184. G.S.J. LII (Mar. 1999), pp. 391-3 The development of French and Italian fiddles - with special attention to the basso da braccio and the basse de violon - E.S. Early Music Today Vol. 7 No. 2 (Apr./May 1999), pp. 9-11 Review: Minstrels & Angels, [English church carvings] by J. & G. Montagu - E.S. FoMRHI Q 95 (Apr. 1999), Comm. 1622, p. 12 Response to Comm. 1619 - Smith on Talbot's bass violin - E.S. FoMRHI Q 95 (Apr. 1999), Comm. 1631, pp. 37-9 Response to Comm. 1620 - Smith on fiddle iconography - E.S. FoMRHI Q 95 (Apr. 1999), Comm. 1632, p. 39 Multiple-string bowing in the Renaissance - E.S. FoMRHI Q 95 (Apr. 1999), Comm. 1633, pp. 40-4 Origin of the English name 'violin' and more on the 16th century lirone - E.S. FoMRHI Q 95 (Apr. 1999), Comm. 1634, p. 44 Comments on Martin Shepherd's paper on graces in The Lute 1996 - E.S. Lute News 50 (June 1999), pp. 13-4 Minimalism in historical scholarship - E.S. FoMRHI Q 96 (July 1999), Comm. 1648, p. 27 Notes on transposition - E.S. FoMRHI Q 96 (July 1999), Comm. 1649, pp. 28-30 Further on the pitch ranges of gut strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 96 (July 1999), Comm. 1657, pp. 54-8 A bit more on early fiddle tunings and sizes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 96 (July 1999), Comm. 1658, pp. 59-62 23 The early development of sixteenth century viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 96 (July 1999), Comm. 1659, pp. 63-4 The tunings of viols in sets, and their sizes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 96 (July 1999), Comm. 1660, pp. 65-71 353 Basic accountancy in organ pipe history - E.S. FoMRHI Q 97 (Oct. 1999), Comm. 1670, pp. 20-4 Instrument history and 16th century English choir boys - E.S. FoMRHI Q 97 (Oct. 1999), Comm. 1671, p. 25 Virgiliano on instruments and transpositions - E.S. FoMRHI Q 97 (Oct. 1999), Comm. 1672, pp. 26-8 Tensions and diameters of early viol strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 97 (Oct. 1999), Comm. 1675, pp. 38-9 Stringings of the baroque guitar in the 18th century - E.S. FoMRHI Q 97 (Oct. 1999), Comm. 1676, pp. 40-3 Review: The baroque double-bass violone (1998) by A. Planyavsky, trans. by J. Barket - E.S. Early Music XXVII/4 (Nov. 1999), pp. 660-1 Review: The British Violin (1999), ed. J. Milnes - E.S. FoMRHI Q 98 (Jan. 2000), Comm. 1681, pp. 17-9 Review: 'Problems of authenticity of 16th century stringed instruments' by K. Moens, pp. 41-9, CIMCIM Newsletter XIV (1989) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 98 (Jan. 2000), Comm. 1682, pp. 19-25 Review: 'Italian violin strings', by M. Peruffo, pp. 105-203, Recercare IX, 1997 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 98 (Jan. 2000), Comm. 1683, pp. 25-33 Modern lute stringing and beliefs about gut - E.S. FoMRHI Q 98 (Jan. 2000), Comm. 1698, pp. 54-61 Tnctoris and depictions of 15th century fiddles - E.S. FoMRHI Q 98 (Jan. 2000), Comm. 1699, p. 62 Review: 'Some measurements of the End-Corrections and Acoustic Spectra of Cylindrical Open Flue Pipes', by F. Ingerslev & W. Frobenius, pp. 7-44, Transactions of the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences 1 (Copenhagen 1947) - E.S. FoMRHI Q 99 (Apr. 2000), Comm. 1701, pp. 9-12 'Mysteries' about early bowed instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 99 (Apr. 2000), Comm. 1709, pp. 32-4 24 A question of certainty - use of wound strings around 1700 - re. Comm. 1697 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 99 (Apr. 2000), Comm. 1710, pp. 35-6 On Praetorius's Pitch Standard - E.S. G.S.J. LII (April 2000), pp. 339-344 Review: 'Embellishment and urtext in the fifteenth century song repertories' by D. Fallows, Basler Jahrbuch f'r Historische Musikpraxis XIV (1990), pp. 59-85 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 100 (Jul. 2000), Comm. 1713, pp. 14-6 How were the earliest viols played? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 100 (Jul. 2000), Comm. 1718, pp. 34-5 Decoration and its current use - E.S. FoMRHI Q 100 (Jul. 2000), Comm. 1725, pp. 45-6 Why want to hear what it sounds like? - E.S. FoMRHI Q 100 (Jul. 2000), Comm. 1726, pp. 47-8 Response to Comm. 1721 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 101 (Oct. 2000), Comm. 1735, p. 24 A late 16th century French picture with instruments - E.S. FoMRHI Q 101 (Oct. 2000), Comm. 1736, p. 25 Knowledge, belief, catlins and a response to Comm. 1723 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 101 (Oct. 2000), Comm. 1737, pp. 26-7 Review: 'Monteverdi's Violini piccoli alla Frencese and Viole da brazzo', Annales Musicologiques VI (Paris 1958-63), pp. 387-401, by David D. Boyden - E.S. FoMRHI Q 101 (Oct. 2000), Comm. 1738, pp. 28-32 A Survey of Pitch Standards before the Nineteenth Century - E.S. G.S.J. LIV (May 2001), pp. 200-218 Some Aspects of Wood Structure and Function - E.S. Catgut Acoustical Society Journal Vol 4, No. 3 (Series II) (May 2001), pp. 5-9 About the history of the use of metal in violin strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 103 (Apr. 2001), Comm. 1755, p. 26 The appoggiatura, early vocal style and instrumental imitations - E.S. FoMRHI Q 103 (Apr. 2001), Comm. 1756, p. 27 When the neck length (nut to body) became 2/3 the body stop (neck to bridge) on violins and violas - E.S. FoMRHI Q 103 (Apr. 2001), Comm. 1757, p. 28 25 Irving and historical scholarship - a lesson for music historians - E.S. FoMRHI Q 104 (July 2001), Comm. 1762, p. 13 Some theory on pitch instability, inharmonicity and lowest pitch limits - E.S. FoMRHI Q 104 (July 2001), Comm. 1766, pp. 28-9 Response to Comm 1744 - 'Strings of Silk and other Textiles' - E.S. FoMRHI Q 104 (July 2001), Comm. 1767, pp. 30-1 Stringing Renaissance Fiddles and Rebecs - E.S. FoMRHI Q 104 (July 2001), Comm. 1768, pp. 32-4 Early Soundposts and Bass Bars - E.S. FoMRHI Q 104 (July 2001), Comm. 1769, pp. 35-6 17th Century English Viols - E.S. FoMRHI Q 104 (July 2001), Comm. 1770, pp. 37-8 Stress and Equilibrium Moisture Content in Gut and Wood - E.S. FoMRHI Q 104 (July 2001), Comm. 1771, pp. 39-40 A look at the mechanics of the vibration of the bowed bridge - E.S. FoMRHI Q 105 (Oct. 2001), Comm. 1774, pp. 8-9 Measuring the elastic modulus of gut - E.S. FoMRHI Q 105 (Oct. 2001), Comm. 1775, p. 10 Tables in Steps for Close-Wound Strings - E.S. FoMRHI Q 105 (Oct. 2001), Comm. 1776, p. 11 Tuning and Stringing Medieval Fiddles - E.S. FoMRHI Q 105 (Oct. 2001), Comm. 1778, pp. 15-7 The anomalous size of the pardessus de viole - E.S. FoMRHI Q 105 (Oct. 2001), Comm. 1779, p. 18 Review: 'The ageing process' by Rom'n Martinez Gayol, The Strad Vol 112 No 1335 (July 2001), pp.754-61 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 105 (Oct. 2001), Comm. 1780, pp. 18-9 On the 'English scholarly tradition' expressed in Jeremy's Comm. 1761 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 106 (Jan. 2002), Comm. 1785, pp. 10-2 On Downing's speculations on catgut in Comm. 1751 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 106 (Jan. 2002), Comm. 1791, p. 30 On Skeaping's fiddle reconstruction in Comm. 1752 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 106 (Jan. 2002), Comm. 1792, pp. 31-2 26 Comments on Coleman's Comm. 1753 on rib bending - E.S. FoMRHI Q 106 (Jan. 2002), Comm. 1793, p. 32 A few notes on Montesardo's 5-course guitar tuning - E.S. FoMRHI Q 106 (Jan. 2002), Comm. 1798, p. 44 Spreadsheet I & F calculation of organ pipe pitch - E.S. FoMRHI Q 107-8 (Apr.-Jul. 2002), Comm. 1800, pp. 7-8 Some relationships involving string displacement - E.S. FoMRHI Q 107-8 (Apr.-Jul. 2002), Comm. 1806, p. 25 An analysis of the bridge hole data on lutes in Comms 1288 and 1350 - E.S. FoMRHI Q 107-8 (Apr.-Jul. 2002), Comm. 1807, pp. 26-31 The Development of Western European Stringed Instruments (Lulu.Com, 2006) by Ephraim Segerman ISBN 978-1-84753-356-2, 179 A4 pages, paperback, £16.85+p&p Some parallels in the ancestry of the viol and violin – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1820, p. 30 Notes on the polyphont – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1821, pp. 31-3 The 'English' in English violette – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1822, p. 34 The identity of the lirone – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1823, p. 35 On the origins of the tuning peg and some early instrument names – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1824, pp. 36-7 Reply to Hebbert's Comm. 1803 on early bending methods - E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1828, p. 58 Reply to Peruffo's Comm. 1804 on gut strings – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1829, pp. 59-70 Reply to Downing's Comm. 1805 on silk/catgut - E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1830, pp. 71-2 On stringing of lutes (Comm 1807) and guitars (Comms 1797,8) – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1831, p. 73 Review: A History of the Lute from Antiquity to the Renaissance by Douglass Alton Smith (The Lute Society of America, 2002) – E.S. FoMRHI Q 110 (Nov. 2008), Comm. 1833, pp. 77-82 27 Medieval and Renaissance multiple tempo standards – E.S. FoMRHI Q 111 (Feb. 2009), Comm. 1840, pp. 27-35 The earliest soundposts – E.S. FoMRHI Q 111 (Feb. 2009), Comm. 1841, p. 36 The historical basis of the modern early-music pitch standard of a'=415 Hz – E.S. FoMRHI Q 111 (Feb. 2009), Comm. 1842, pp. 37-40 Notes on the symphony – E.S. FoMRHI Q 111 (Feb. 2009), Comm. 1843, pp. 41-4 Some design considerations in making flattened lute backs – E.S. FoMRHI Q 111 (Feb. 2009), Comm. 1844, pp. 45-6 Re: Comms 1810 and 1815, angled bridges, tapered strings, frets and bars – E.S. FoMRHI Q 111 (Feb. 2009), Comm. 1856, p. 66 28