It has been long time when I last tuned my archlute - which now is stringed by single strings on the fingerboard (and of course single basses). I tuned the beast (or the "axe" a'la RT), and what nice and lute like sound it has! And there is not a single gut string... just the horrible and un-HIP synthetics! :-)
I just scanned through some pieces in the Doni ms. (SPES 70). And nobody is allowed to say me it wasn't lute playing and lute sound! :-) Dear folks, play well and enjoy your music! Perhaps others will, too... :) All the best, Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html