Wes Crone wrote:

>David, there is a lot more to a period performance than the material used
>in the strings.  Let me list a few things about HIP performances (I hate
>the acronym too, I have always said "period" performance) which differ
>from their modern counterparts:

Excellent, Wes, bravo.  That's all I was saying.  I know most of the
other differences that you outlined, though you provided some interesting
details.  I also love "period" performance, though I think it has its
limits.  This year I heard a performance of piano trios with the excellent
musicians Barry Sargent (a neighbor here in Mallorca) and his wife Rumiko
and I forget the cellist, anyway, the cellist played an instrument with the
original setup: gut strings, shortened fingerboard and no endpin.  No
endpin.  Silliest thing I ever saw.  Thing is, they played a BRAHMS trio
like this!  Now I would call this HUP..historically uninformed!

Dave Runnion
www.serafinotrio.com