On Sat, Dec 20, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Martin Shepherd <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote: > Dear Anthony and All, > > The double top course is found on everything from 6c lutes to Mace's 12c > lute, and everything inbetween. .. > iconographic evidence suggests > that a double 2nd was also quite common on 11c lutes.
I had no idea. Can you point us to some? And are there 11-course instruments left with a double second, or even double first course? Or converted-to-13-course lutes that show that there has been originally a double second? David -- ******************************* David van Ooijen davidvanooi...@gmail.com www.davidvanooijen.nl ******************************* To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html