It appears that the lute was a painter's requisite lying around and the upper courses just got slack and slipped at the nut. There is no sensible reason to arrange the strings intentionally. At the bridge it can be seen that there is no course missing. Funny that somebody caring to depict the different string types should be so careless as not to rearrange the string band.
g On 31.03.2007, at 13:49, Roman Turovsky wrote: > From: "David Van Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Dear Roman, >> >> What a wonderful picture, thank you! >> >> Very interesting indeed. I make it a twelve course lute with >> double top >> and second courses which, for the date, is very unusual. The red >> basses to >> the octave courses are also clearly shown and clearly >> distinguished from >> the bright white of the octaves. Also the close spacing of the >> unfingered >> bass courses is very striking, so close that it implies quite soft >> playing >> of the bass courses. And the useful gap at the nut end between the >> last of >> the fingered strings and the first of the unfingered, allowing her to >> reach for the 8th course without fouling the ninth. I wonder what >> sort of >> lute it was, it could be the normal "swan-neck" German baroque >> form or >> some sort of theorbo style extension. > I suspect the latter. Note the saddle where there are 2 visible > notches of > the "missing" first course. The strings are in a more or less normal > position at the body joint, but quite far from the edge of the > fingerboard > near the saddle. > > > >> >> Do you know the exact date or more about it? I may have missed some >> earlier posting if it went to the normal lute list as I'm only >> subscribed >> to the baroque list at the moment. > I don't have the date, but it is 2nd quarter to be sure. > RT > > > > >> Best wishes, >> >> David >> >> >> At 18:29 -0400 30/3/07, Roman Turovsky wrote: >>> I have a high-res image of Pesne's portraing of Mme.Kayserlinck, >>> and her >>> lute shows rather unusual stringing: >>> http://polyhymnion.org/swv/Keyserlinck.jpg >>> RT >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> -- >> The Smokehouse, >> 6 Whitwell Road, >> Norwich, NR1 4HB England. >> >> Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 >> Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk >> >> > > >
