If my memory isn't playing me false and the instrument is a single neck
it might indeed rule out Weiss since, as you suggest, there's no record
of him being associated with the gallichon/mandora. It'll take me time
to dig out the pic which is buried somewhere in what passes for my
filing 'system' - but I will try. As I recall, the representation I'm
thinking of is quite small so details like pegs were not shown
Martyn
--- On Mon, 11/7/11, Rob MacKillop <robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Rob MacKillop <robmackil...@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Odp: Re: another portrait of S.L.
Weiss?
To: "Martyn Hodgson" <hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: "BAROQUE-LUTE" <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Monday, 11 July, 2011, 9:56
Interesting point, Martyn. I don't have the picture to hand. How many
strings or tuning pegs are shown? I still think the four-string
gallichon of circa 90cms length would make a great baroque bass
instrument. It's not an instrument I've ever seen associated with
Weiss, but that means little.
Rob
On 11 July 2011 09:52, Martyn Hodgson <[1]hodgsonmar...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
Good point Rob, but, if we're thinking of one of the pictures, I
recall it seems to show a large lute with a single neck. Whilst this
could, of course, be the engraver's own fancy it might suggest the
performer is playing a gallichon (large continuo
type)..................
Martyn
--- On Mon, 11/7/11, Rob MacKillop <[2]robmackil...@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Rob MacKillop <[3]robmackil...@gmail.com>
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Odp: Re: another portrait of S.L. Weiss?
To: [4]mar...@gmlutz.de
Cc: "BAROQUE-LUTE" <[5]baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Date: Monday, 11 July, 2011, 9:33
I am well out of my depth here, so apologies, but are there not also
a
couple of paintings or engravings which might show Weiss at work?
One
is an opera setting, with a possible Weiss in the orchestral pit?
The
other is a small ensemble gathering, with a possible Weiss playing a
long German theorbo (i.e. not a theorbo-lute)? Not exactly
'portraits',
but worth mentioning, maybe?
Rob MacKillop
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