Bill: Check out the small lutes drawn by the Grassi Museum fur Musikinstrumente, Leipzig. These are actual lutes made for an display of angels in the Freiberger church in 1594. Even though they are small, they are real instruments. There are four lutes, I think each is six-course. The shop website shows a small image of the drawings, enough to see the barring used. I hope this helps. trj http://mfm.uni-leipzig.de/dt/shop/index.php?categories[]=255369255369
http://mfm.uni-leipzig.de/dt/shop/produkte/Z25_FR02.php -----Original Message----- From: willsamson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> To: lute-builder@cs dartmouth. edu <lute-buil...@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wed, Mar 5, 2014 2:05 pm Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] 6c lute barring? Hi, I am about to bar the soundboard of a new 6c lute. I am interested to hear how makers think it should be done. One maker told me he uses the same barring as a conventional 7c or 8c lute, but a bit lighter. Another said fewer bars -only two transverse bars on the bridge side of the rose, rather than the more usual three. I realise it is hard to be certain, but I would like to know what the collective wisdom thinks. Waiting with bated breath! Bill Samson [1]Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android -- References 1. https://uk.overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
