Dear Bill and Benjamin,
The Wikipedia link to that nice roller-headed theorbo implies that it
is by Jan van den Hoecke but I understand from the museum website
that he only painted the little figure of Cupid while the instruments
and still-life stuff was painted by Paul de Vos.
http://bilddatenbank.khm.at/viewArtefact?id=2095
In answer to Benjamin's query, there are plenty of theorbos with
short necks but they all appear to have been cut down. Even the 8
fret Harz archlute probably started life with a longer neck. Since
there ARE such cut down theorbos, evidently the player who asked for
it thought it a worthwhile idea so it's up to you to decide what you
you want and order accordingly.
For instance the nice Matteo Sellas in Rome [P.V.8182] looks to have
been converted to a French theorbo style with a very short neck
having about 5.5 frets! And the famous Buechenberg in Paris with the
additional little bass side rose has 7.8 fret spaces on a a string
length of 715mm. Pp. 24-5 in the catalogue of the museum.
Best wishes,
David
At 11:15 +0000 11/3/15, William Samson wrote:
Could be why theorboes were sometimes built this way - saving the
length of the upper pegbox:
[1]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6a/Jan_van_den_Hoeck
e_017.jpg
Bill
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From: Benjamin Narvey <luthi...@gmail.com>
To: "lute-builder@cs.dartmouth.edu" <lute-builder@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 8:46
Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Tied frets
Hmmmm. Still no thoughts?
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On 07 Mar 2015, at 22:49, BENJAMIN NARVEY <[1][4]luthi...@gmail.com>
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Dear collected wisdom,
I'm rather wondering what the minimum number of frets is for
historical lute instruments, notably for theorbo(s). I am considering
having an instrument shortened for travel purposes, and this may
involve reducing the stopped string length; I know of many large
theorboes with only 8 tied frets, but are there any with only 7?
With best wishes,
Benjamin
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