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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 […]
Javier Martínez offers a new hand vihuela in sol for sale. Vibrant string length 595mm. Rings set to the make of the Guadalupe vihuela, in Spanish black walnut and cypress. Background of cypress ribs and ebony steaks. Neck in complex marquetry according to the model of the Guadalupe vihuela. Boxwood bow. copy of one […]
Cover photo, courtesy of Cristina Quílez. Few are the plucked string soloists who dedicate themselves to the Renaissance and even fewer those who do so to the repertoire of the vihuela, where I think there is still much to study and listen to. To this select group we owe the rescue and dissemination of […]
A few months ago they contacted us from “ Seguros Casablancas “, immersed in the comprehensive renovation process of their web, to include us in your directory of luthiers and specialists . Today we respond to that kind gesture to spread their services on this blog and remind you of the importance of having plucked […]
Featured image: Eclogue of Theodulus, printed in Leipzig 1492 Although until now there were no specific strings for harp in the Cuerdas Pulsadas catalog, we do have several customers who already use the strings in our catalog to string harps. Some of these customers, with whom we maintain closer contact, told us that they dyed […]
