My personal preference is for the Edlinger scaled proportionately to 72 cm. I have very small hands, but 68cm is too small for me. RT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Abraham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2006 10:22 AM Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Getting the correct-sized lute > I'm ordering a 13 course baroque lute, and given my preferences (shallow > body, bass-rider), my builder has two available: > > --13 course lute after Hans Burkholtzer, 1596 (Vienna, Sammlung alter > Musikinstrumente 44/n.e.48) String length: 68/73 cm. > > --13 course lute after Thomas Edlinger, c. 1715 (Leipzig, > Musikinstrumenten > Museum, N=BA 497) String length 76/81 cm. > > The Edlinger is said to be very nice, but look at the string length looks > very long. My hands are average-sized; do you think 76cm is too long? > Or, > given all the open string work, etc., is it not an issue? > > Jim > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
