> thank you roman - > > do you think one style of peg box has a structural advantage over the > other or can the curvature of the swan's neck peg box be considered > simply as oriental embellishment? Probably the latter. RT
> ciao - bill > > On Luned́, mag 3, 2004, at 19:18 Europe/Rome, Roman Turovsky wrote: > >>> again, if i may, i'd like to pose a question concerning the oud's >>> swan's neck and lute's angular peg box. does anyone know why the >>> former was abandoned during the development of the european lute >> It wasn't. Some lutes have curved pegboxes, notably "Dutch 12-course" >> Lutes, >> mandoras, Ukrainian Cobzas etc. >> RT >> ______________ >> Roman M. Turovsky >> http://turovsky.org >> http://polyhymnion.org >> >> >
