Dear all > > By the way, the whole problem of basses ringing too long was > something that > even was a subject for 17th century lutenists with gut strings. The > 12 course > lute with an extension was only shortly popular in France and then > went out of > fashion because the basses sounded too long.
François-Pierre Goy, one of the main musicologists for these topics (Accords nouveaux), says that he doesn't know any proof that the 12- course double headed lute was EVER used in France. It seems to be an invention of a French man living in England (Jacques Gaultier). We know these lutes from english, dutch and german paintings - but I also never saw a picture from France. Andreas To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
