David, the strings are running alongside the extended neck in stead of passing over it. So the second pegbox has to be off-axle. With Bill I wonder.........
Lex Op 4 feb 2013, om 16:07 heeft David Van Edwards het volgende geschreven: > Dear Bill, > > I assume one of these. > http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/93.tif > > Sixtus Rauwolf Augsburg 1599 now in Copenhagen No. 93 > > This is the sole survivor of this type that Molenaer made famous. But > your painting has the lower strings offset in in a strange, rather > excessive, manner. Maybe a case of dodgy perspective rather than > distortion. But if the offset is genuine then the upper pegbox must > be something other, and to me unknown. > > Best wishes, > > David > > > > At 13:54 +0000 4/2/13, William Samson wrote: >> I wonder what the layout of the upper head of this lute might be? >> >> [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/icon/party-1.gif >> >> Artist Jacopo Vignale, early 17th Century. >> >> Bill >> >> -- >> >> References >> >> 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/icon/party-1.gif >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- > The Smokehouse, > 6 Whitwell Road, > Norwich, NR1 4HB > England. > > Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 > Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk > >
