Dear All, I looked at the picture last week, but I remembered counting 12 pegs in the lower pegbox and 8 in the upper - 6 double courses on the fingerboard and 8 single basses, no?
Best wishes, Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >The fact that there are no frets on the neck suggests strongly that the >strings are not original. They also seem to have been put onto the instrument >by someone clueless about how to tie them to the bridge and who did not know >which string to run to which peg. Finally, it looks like the layout should >probably be with the first two courses single, since there are only 12 pegs on >the pegbox for the fingerboard strings (or was there a treble rider that is >now missing?). > >Daniel Heiman > >-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >Anyhow - max 11-courses. I'll ask around to check if somebody knows more >about the instrument. > >Thomas > > > > >Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> am 14.04.2005 01:13:57 > >An: LUTE-LIST <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Kopie: > >Thema: Re: more about the old theorbo > > > >>Wayne, >>This looks old indeed - but why call it a theorbo when the courses are >>doubled? It looks like a 10-course archlute, perhaps the famed "liuto >>francese" used in Italy? >>Just guesses >>Alain >> >> >Look closer. It looks like it is missing the chanterelle. >RT > > > > > >>Wayne Cripps wrote: >> >> >> >>>I have pictures of the old instrument at >>> >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/Raillich/ >>> >>>Jiri Cepelak has looked at it, apparently. >>> >>>Wayne >>> >>> >>> >>>To get on or off this list see list information at >>>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > > >CONFIDENTIALITY : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and >may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the >sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use >it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. > > > > > > > > > >
