Curiously, the small seems to be set up for 1x1, 5x2 on the fingerboard:
http://quality1trader.co.uk/musical-instrument/strings/lute/theorbo-bass-lute/
Their instrument descriptions appear to be cut and pasted from the
Barber & Harris website. their string lengths for the small and medium
correspond respectively to B&H's tiorbino and theorboed guitars
Awfully curious - I was already amazed enough that they were making
baroque guitars, but tiorbini and chittare attiorbate as well? I was
under the impression that these were extremely niche instruments. Is
there enough of a market for these?
Edward C. Yong
ky...@pacific.net.sg
On 29 Aug 2011, at 4:14 PM, David van Ooijen wrote:
On 29 August 2011 07:44, Garry Warber <garrywar...@hughes.net> wrote:
eBay, Ouality1traders, theorbo bass lute, small. I know I'm going
to be
vilified, but their "medium", which goes out of stock fast, is the
one of my
I suppose you're talking about this:
http://quality1trader.co.uk/musical-instrument/strings/lute/theorbo-bass-lute-medium/
It's not a theorbo but a theorboed guitar. An interesting instrument
but it has a very limited repertoire. It has been the point of a
recent discussion on this list.
With the current setup of 1x1, 4x2 on the fingerboard and 9x1
diapassons you'll have trouble setting it up as a theorbo (you'll need
to adapt both bridge and nut, and bridge might not be wide enough for
the extra holes).
Diapasson length of 104cm would just be enough for plain gut, but
nylon won't work. Metal wounds will do, but you'll have to adopt your
technique to stop them from buzzing on forever.
Caveat emptor.
David
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