[LUTE] Re: Roman Archlute

2011-07-01 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Which are the extant instruments you think of as Roman archlutes? MH --- On Fri, 1/7/11, David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net wrote: From: David Tayler vidan...@sbcglobal.net Subject: [LUTE] Roman Archlute To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date:

[LUTE] Re: Roman Archlute

2011-07-01 Thread David van Ooijen
Congrats with the beast. Looks like a stunner! And a good concept. Exact historical examples available, or just the general idea? I'm thinking of a new theorbo/archlute/continuo giraffe along similar specs: theorbo power combined with archlute reach. Let us know how it performs in real life.

[LUTE] Re: Roman Archlute

2011-07-01 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
Nice instrument indeed, David. I am collecting my archlute next week-end in Strasbourg, from Julien Stryjak, a young lute-maker partly trained with David Van Edwards for lute building. He is making me a copy of Tieffenbrucker (Vienna C45) 67cm and 142 cm in kingwood - a variety of palisander.

[LUTE] Re: Roman Archlute

2011-07-01 Thread Jean-Marie Poirier
..and if you are not on Facebook and want to give my left-handed archlute a look you can do it there : http://www.flickr.com/photos/34420477@N03/sets/72157626966270853/ Best, Jean-Marie = == En réponse au message du 01-07-2011, 12:34:12 == Congrats with the

[LUTE] Re: Roman Archlute

2011-07-01 Thread David Tayler
davidvanooi...@gmail.com To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Fri, July 1, 2011 3:33:12 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: Roman Archlute Congrats with the beast. Looks like a stunner! And a good concept. Exact historical examples available, or just the general idea? I'm thinking