Hi Thomas, Besard's "nova testudo" is a 10 course lute in G with the 2 top strings down an octave, like a theorbo, only a theorbo woudl rather be in A and would have more courses (14 most of the time). So, yes it's a lute, in G, with a re-entrant tuning...
Best, Jean-Marie -------------- > Hello all-- > Do any of you have a view(s) on what instrument Besard wanted for his > Nova Testudo? The other lutes seem pretty clearly to be 9 or 10 course > instruments a 4th apart. The top lute, to me, looks like he's assuming > reentrant tuning. I'm tempted to think of Castaldi's tiorbino, but > that seems less likely outside of Italy that early in the 17th c. > Thoughts? > Thanks kindly, > Thomas Walker, Jr. > > -- > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
