[LUTE] Re: stump?

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 14:45:02 -0800 

Dear Nancy,

1688
And the words seem fairly clear, 3 dozen strings and 5 wire strings to be played upon. 

David



At 14:35 -0800 27/12/18, Nancy Carlin wrote:
Or like a bandora crossed with lirone. So when did Randle Holme write this description? How many string might have been played on and how many were sympathetic? 
Nancy

Better still, the Bandura old style with a similar curved bridge and all.

Cheers,

Lex
Op 27 dec. 2018, om 21:35 heeft David Van Edwards <da...@vanedwards.co.uk> het volgende geschreven:
It's just occurred to me that the arrangement of strings on the Poliphant seems remarkably like that on a torban. 

David

Dear Ed and Arthur and Rainer,
Here is a link to a page I've put together showing the Randle Holme description and sketch of the Poliphant. His Academy of Armory is an unbelievably confusing but comprehensive descriptive list of objects from seventeenth century English life. Just above the Poliphant you'll see his sketch of an English theorbo which Davide Rebuffa first pointed me to. 

http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/RandleHolme.htm

Best wishes,

David



At 08:48 -0600 23/12/18, Edward Martin wrote:

   There is a short Wikipedia article on Daniel Ferrant, and it states:

   Daniel Farrant (1575–¢1651)^[1][1] was an English composer, viol player
   and instrument maker. He invented types of [2]citterns, the
   [3]poliphant and the [4]stump, along with the early [5]lyra
   viol.^[6][2] He is also credited with the invention of the early
   [7]viola d'amore. The particulars of the [8]stump are not known.^[9][3]

References

Ashbee, Andrew. "Farrant, Daniel". [10]Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
[11]doi:[12]10.1093/ref:odnb/67960. (Subscription or [13]UK public library
membership required.)

     Gozza, edited by Paolo (2000). Number to Sound the Musical Way to the
   Scientific Revolution. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. p.  147.
   [14]ISBN  [15]9789401595780.

     Galpin, Francis (1911). Old English Instruments of Music: Their
   History and Character. p.  32.

   Seasons greetings to all.

   ed

   On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 7:53 AM Rainer <[16]rads.bera_g...@t-online.de>
   wrote:

     On 23.12.2018 13:49, Arthur Ness wrote:
     >      The stump was according to Playford invented by a Daniel
     Farrant.   It
     >      was also known as an English theorbo.
     >      He   is said to have invented the Poliphant, a wire-strung
     lute-type
     >      instrument.
     Excellent - I didn't know that.
     This appears in Playford's "Musicks Recreation on the Lyra Viol"
     (London, 1652, 1661, 1669 and 1682 [and other editions?]).
     However. the stump and the polyphant seem to be mentioned in the
     1661 edition only.
     I can send a (poor) copy from my pdf file based on a microfilm..
     Rainer
     PS
     One of the 1681 copies once belonged to Thomas Oliphant (without
     "P") who published "improved" versions of several songs by Dowland
     in 1837.
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References

   1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Farrant#cite_note-1
   2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittern
   3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliphant
4. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stump_instrument&action=edit&redlink=1 
   5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra_viol
   6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Farrant#cite_note-2
   7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_d'amore
8. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stump_instrument&action=edit&redlink=1 
   9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Farrant#cite_note-3
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography 
  11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier
  12. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/67960
  13. http://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public
  14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number
  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789401595780
  16. mailto:rads.bera_g...@t-online.de
  17. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html


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