--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Swan-necks on angeliques predate the > purported/alleged "invention" by some > 50 years. > RT
The angelique is essentially a converted _theorbo_, not a lute. In this case, the theorboed extension was already there and the "swan-necking" was merely a characteristically French architechtural flourish of an existing product. According to Burwell, the French did _not_ favor extended necks for their actual lutes, and this was the state of that instrument as Weiss first came to know it. CW __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
