I own a Colin Everett small archlute. 56.5/104..which I guess you could
consider a tiorbino, although I have never strung it as such. I tune
it in standard renaissance lute tuning, and I find if quite useful to
play everything from 6 course music to 13 course zamboni. Very easy for
my small hands and stretch (I have one atrophied pinky finger on my
left hand due to Dupuytren disease).
Bruno
Le mer. 20 nov. 2019 12 h 18 p.m., Richard Brook
<[1]richa...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu> a écrit :
I agree with Howard
If there is a free (or quite inexpensive) tiorbino around I would
like to put in a request.
Dick Brook
> On Nov 19, 2019, at 3:26 AM, howard posner
<[2]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote:
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>> On Nov 17, 2019, at 8:47 AM, [3]yuval.dvo...@posteo.de wrote:
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>> I was offered a Tiorbino, and I'm wondering what one can do with
it (except of playing Bellerofonte-Castaldi): Are there any proofs
that it was used for playing solo instead of a big theorbo or for
playing continuo?
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> Probably no "proofs," but maybe you're asking the wrong question.
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> The question I would ask is, "If I owned a tiorbino in 1642, what
would I do with it?"
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> Or for present purposes it might be better asked, "If the tiorbino
wasn't used for playing solo theorbo music and wasn't used for
continuo, why would anyone pay good money for one?" Even
Bellerofonte Castaldi would have thought it pointless to have an
instrument that was useful only for a few duets.
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> I have no idea how many tiorbinos existed in the 17th century, but
the idea that someone would have one and not use it for continuo or
solo music makes no sense. Anyone who owned a tiorbino would have
played solo music and continuo on it, because the alternative was
keeping it in a closet 362 days out of the year.
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> It's not clear to me what you mean by "I was offered a tiorbino,"
but if someone wants to give it to you and you decide you don't want
it, give that person my email address and say I'd be happy to take
it.
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References
1. mailto:richa...@mail.cs.dartmouth.edu
2. mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com
3. mailto:yuval.dvo...@posteo.de
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