This is the version Colin Everett, now deceased Canadian luther, made.
He made several of these, 13 and 14 courses. Mine is 57/92 and
tuned as an archlute in G. It us very easy to play and allows me to
play everything from early Italian to Zamboni and all the English and
french renaissance and transition repertoire I love it.
Bruno
Le jeu. 18 juin 2020 5 h 52 a.m., Davide Rebuffa
<[1]davide.rebu...@fastwebnet.it> a écrit :
> Il giorno 18 giu 2020, alle ore 11:16, Davide Rebuffa
<[2]davide.rebu...@fastwebnet.it> ha scritto:
>
> Dear all,
>
> The instrument in Cleveland could be a a very rare example of a
14-course small archlute
> (not a "liuto attiorbato" because it has single bourdons)
> or a 14-course tiorbino in G.
> The brand of the unknown manufacturer is present on the external
countercap and bears the initials R. E.
> The string lengths are 523 mm and 882 mm.
> Since the string length is a bit long for a tiorbino, the third
course could be tuned at the higher octave
> only if the instrument is tuned in G, not in A.
> It was converted into a 12-course instrument (2x1; 6x2; 4x2) by
Sebastian Schelle in 1742.
> Ray Nurse restored it in 1988 bringing it back to 6x2; 8x1 as we
may assume it was in the 17th century. The bridge was also rebuilt.
> The two extra pegs added in the 18th century were nor removed from
the pegbox.
>
> Davide
>
>> Il giorno 18 giu 2020, alle ore 09:27, Martin Shepherd
<[3]mar...@luteshop.co.uk> ha scritto:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I don't have many details of the Cleveland instrument, but I do
have the poster! I see 14 pegs for the petit jeu (7x2) and 8 pegs
for the grand jeu (4x2), making it a 12-course liuto attiorbato. I
think it was Larry Brown who had some measurements, if I remember
correctly the petit jeu is 61cm.
>>
>> Martin
>>
>> On 17/06/2020 22:37, Mathias Rösel wrote:
>>> Dear David, dear Bruno,
>>> thanks to both of you so much!
>>> I agree that the Cleveland instrument, beautiful as it may be,
seems more
>>> likely to be a small arciliuto. And I'm grateful for your
pointing at MH
>>> Brussels No.1578. I shall try to get pictures and/or plans.
>>> Mathias
>>>
>>>
>>>
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