February 2018, 9:27
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Johann Christian Hoffmann, 14 course
swan-neck lute in Leipzig
Dear Howard,
You are absolutely right, we need constantly to remember that.
At the conclusion of a piece I wrote about the timber trade for
lutemakers I put the
Dear Howard,
You are absolutely right, we need constantly to remember that.
At the conclusion of a piece I wrote about the timber trade for
lutemakers I put the following totally unscientific guesstimate. This
is in the context of just 826 surviving lutes of all periods including
> On Feb 13, 2018, at 3:38 AM, Luca Manassero wrote:
>
> this could be a sort of proof that lutes extending to the contra-G
> existed, but in that case why is this an unicum?
Because all the other 14-course lutes were lost in fires, or eaten by termites,
or rotted in damp basements, or, if
Thank you very much for all these very valuable infos, David!
Besides the abnormally deep bowl (which evidently was a problem for
Herrn Hoffmann too), I wonder why a 14-course lute.
1. As far as I know this is then an "unicum": no other 14-course
(German baroque) lute exists.
2. I
