In fact my first performance of Castaldi's Capricci (in the same
programma with Pittoni) was with the tiorbino part played on
harpsichord - as it now appeares not to far from historical practice.
Very interesting, thanks, Rob.
Jurek
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On 2008-02-05, at 10:55, Rob Lute wrote:
I had a very pleasant evening on Saturday with my harpsichord-
making friend,
Grant O'Brien, and his friends, including a short recital on one of
his
harpsichords by Lucy Carolan, a first-rate player. Grant and I got to
talking about lute and harpsichord making in Italy, and he revealed
a couple
of interesting points:
1. all Italian harpsichords had fir soundboards, not spruce, as
found north
of the Alps. Did I know of any fir-soundboarded lutes? Well, I
didn't. Can
anyone contribute something here?
2. the tiorbino: here is a fascinating article from Grant's website,
discussing a keyboard instrument called the tiorbino, apparently
gut-strung,
like the lautenclavier:
http://www.claviantica.com/Publications_files/The_Tiorbino/
The_tiorbino.htm -
I love the part where a buyer asks the maker to build another one
if the
first one goes out of tune! A great idea, albeit somewhat expensive...
Although these are keyboard topics, I'm sure they will be of
interest to
some here.
Rob MacKillop
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