In my opinion, if only the neck was changed, then the conversion is not complete. Generally baroque barring would be quite different, to what degree depending to an extent on what the lute was converted from (early 6-course or late 10-course?).
Best Matthew On 27 juin 2014, at 11:00, Dieter Schmidt <dieter.schmidt...@gmx.net> wrote: > Dear collected wisdom, > > I have a lute, which is rebuilt the model MI54 in the Germanic National > Museum. > > http://objektkatalog.gnm.de/objekt/MI54 > > This is a shell and top of Laux Maler converted into a baroque lute. > The instrument has the possibilities to play a baroque lute (13 course > swan neck), but the sound is more of a renaissance lute (a bit "dry"). > My question is whether this is generally the case. Do lutes that are > converted from a renaissance lute to a baroque one (only changed the > neck) sound like renaissance lutes and only those instruments that are > designed as baroque lutes have the typical sound (resonance)? > > Thank you and best regards > Dieter > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
