Sean, is there any chance that you might send me the pic or make it available on the web? I have just looked at the reproductions of the ambassadors picture within my reach and was pretty convinced that the frets were single. However, closer scutiny reveals that the resolution is possibly not good enough
Thanks Gernot Am Samstag, 18.10.03, um 23:06 Uhr (Europe/Berlin) schrieb lutesmith: > > Very interesting, David, thank you. > > Perhaps it's a coincidence but there are no tastini in this group > either. > Is there any iconographic evidence for them?. Number 5 does seem to > show a > canted first fret that would fit A#'s, D#'s and F#'s. (Of course, like > #1 > it may only be a drafting error. The 2nd fret looks a little iffy too) > It > also has only 6 tied frets! > > I have a blown up copy of the lute from the Ambassador painting and it > clearly shows doubled frets. But not graded. > > Sean Smith > > > > > At 12:45 PM 10/18/03, you wrote: >> http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/single.htm > >
