i'm waiting for a renaissance lute 8c to arrive but in the meantime made this to get fingers used to the feel of double strings. In case someone may like to make something similar (like you have these many course lutes but want a six course, etc) here is the photo. the thing works very fine, only i tune it to "re" because "mi" is a little too 'mandoline-like' feeling(tense). http://perso.wanadoo.fr/raydimitry/imagini/IMG_00.jpg to have this you need to do the pegbox, the bone pice of the bridge with small notches and holes with harp-pins on the bridge. I have used one whole per each pair of strings-it is the bridge's notches that separates the couples... ------------------------------------------
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