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Enrique Rosales puts on sale a classical concert guitar built in 2012 by the luthier Carlos Medina Coss (Mexico, D.F.), on a Hauser template from 1943. Their characteristics are: Sides and backs: AAA Indian Rosewood. Soundboard: Special German spruce. Neck: Central American cedar. Diapason; African ebony. Bridge: Cocobolo. Wood marquetry: Handmade in Russia by […]
Aquila Corde’s latest creation for classical guitar is now available in Cuerdas Pulsadas: el juego de cuerdas RUBINO. The innovation of these strings is based on a basic problem: the manufacture of strings for low frequencies requires increasing the diameter of the same, and a well-known solution: reducing the diameter of the strings allows […]
This time we welcome the strings of Aquila Corde to Oúd . All the well-known advantages of the new nylgut are included in these complete sets, available for both Arabic and Turkish tuning. Specifically, the game for Arabic tuning is designed with these characteristics (11 strings, normal tension): 1st c: 2x New Nylgut 2nd […]
D e among all the symbols that the lute has meant throughout history: pleasure, joy, eroticism, festive atmosphere, sensuality , concordia , melancholy (semper Dowland, semper dolens) … there is one, not so well known, that was perfectly reflected by the artists of the time. So, although the lute is always associated with the […]
A couple of weeks ago we received at Cuerdas Pulsadas a statement from Aquila Corde, in which they indicated the complete replacement of the gauges smaller of the new nylgut for a new improved batch (from 0.36 to 0.46). The most significant improvements are the increase in the resistance of the material (to avoid breakage), […]
Cover image: Printer press, s. XVI If I had to stay with just one of the most exciting moments from the birth of Cuerdas Pulsadas , it would certainly be the moment when We decided on the final version of the logo. We always had a fairly precise idea of how we wanted […]
Ten long years have passed since the constitution of the Sociedad de la Vihuela : one of the main institutions that structure, enact and promote the plucked string in Spain and, very especially, that part of that heritage that is our own: the vihuela. During this time there have been many people who have […]
Today Santa Cecilia , patron saint of music and poetry ( perhaps due to a translation error ), who was usually represented with three icons: the rose, the organ and the lute. Precisely like this it was represented by the French painter Jacques Blanchard (1600 –1638): So, congratulations to all the musicians! […]
Liamna Pestana puts on sale an 8-order Renaissance lute built in the city of Querétaro, Mexico in 2010, by Ibiza Ávalos and Jean Espino. Its most important characteristics are: Maple body Spruce top Mexican ebony fingerboard Wooden rosette The sale price is 1200 euros, and the shipping costs are paid by the buyer. In this […]
We thank Joel López for sharing at Cuerdas Pulsadas the transposition to a current language of “Declaración de la cifra que en este libro se usa” which can be found in the essential book by Antonio Cabezón, “Obras de música para tecla, arpa y vihuela”. For those who do not know Joel in his usual […]
