There is a difference. The descant lute has a lute tuning, but they are often tuned with the first course in a high d. The mandolino (that is, the Milanese or Lombard mandolino) has the first course a 4th higher, with the first course in g, the 2nd d, the 3rd in a, the 4th in e, the 5th in b, and the 6th in g.
ed At 04:06 PM 4/10/2007 +0000, Mathias Rösel wrote: >Don't want to open a can of worms, but... -- there is little difference >between a mandolino and a descant lute, right? I mean, it still is two >lutes, right? Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
