There is a viola d'amore with sympathetic strings that run from the
tail piece, below the bridge, below the fingerboard, and up to the peg
box that has an appropriate number of additional pegs. There's also a
baryton (a bit smaller than a cello) with several harp strings that run
fr
You mean the Baryton?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baryton
There's nice music for it by Haydn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQmeHq67k68
On 26.03.20 19:17, Nancy Carlin wrote:
Isn't there a viola da gamba type instrument that in arranged similarly?
Nancy
Not at all sure myself, and I don
Isn't there a viola da gamba type instrument that in arranged similarly?
Nancy
Not at all sure myself, and I don't know chapter and verse with Mersenne, as
Bailes didn't quote them. In my imagination, though, it's a double soundboard
with metal strings for the inside and gut strings for the out
Not at all sure myself, and I don't know chapter and verse with Mersenne, as
Bailes didn't quote them. In my imagination, though, it's a double soundboard
with metal strings for the inside and gut strings for the outside (I have no
idea how they would keep the inside metal strings in tune). The
And what I simply forgot in my first mail on this topic: Among the
newly built guitars shown and played during the guitar days at the
Bremen Hochschule there actually was at least one with a
Sandwich/Laminate/Double Top, plus there was one with a
soundboard/barring construction follo
Thank you John, David, and everyone else who replied and contributed so
far! My lute/guitar lexigraphy is quite a bit enriched now.
As to the lute: I think I prefer the traditional construction and
materials for the historic instrument.
All best
Joachim
-Origin
