[LUTE] Francesco and flat back lute?

2010-08-18 Thread Stewart McCoy
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Francesco and flat back lute? wikla wrote: Thanks Daniel and Edward, I know that only very few Spanish vihuelas exists today. Did any Italian version manage to survive? And has any modern luthier tried to recreate those Italian hand violas? Arto Alexander Batov has. http

[LUTE] Francesco and flat back lute?

2010-08-17 Thread wikla
Dear lutenists, didn't Francesco da Milano play also a flat back lute, viola or something like that. Perhaps the Neapolitian tabulature was connected to that instrument? Years ago there was some discussion also here, if memory serves..., not often does, though... ;-) But what is the latest