Dear friends, as I have got some persistent rheumatic problems I wonder to put the multi-stringed instruments away for a while. For not getting completely mad while recovering I am now looking for something like a replacement - particularly something I can play without my nasty thump.
The colascione might be a good solution, but I have no experiences with this instrument at all and so do most of the people I know. I am especially interested in the number of courses (tree, four or even more), about recommendable length and tuning of course. As I am quite familiar with the theorbo, I probably would prefer a similar tuning, but I have no idea if this was a good thing to do. Who knows a bit more? Any advice is very welcome. Thanks, J. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
