Hello, Some are telling me to produce longer CD strings for the long theorbo diapasons. Actually, I have some strong doubts: the tonal balance with the fretted strings will became even worse; the sound, in general, will became too bright and 'modern'. The risk is that we will lost the sense of the 'fondamento', whose sound should imitate the human voice and be dark, not too brilliant. I know: many performers already uses long wound strings; at the same time we know that the extended necks were introduced to accomodate plain gut strings, not for denser gut/synthetic version of it or even wound strings. Actually, I would like to stay in the direction that can make of support of the traditional Lute/theorbo sound, not in the direction to destroy it making a sort of... elettric chitarrone (Lol).
Maybe things can be different if we are specking of these special kind of invented short neck theorboes that are today whidely in use when one must take a fly. We know how hard is to fly with a standard theorbo. These instruments has only an option that work: wound strings. Making a longer CD for this kind of instruments can be maybe a good option? Maybe making them of 1,40 cms max so one cannot install them on the 'real' theorboes... Guys, which is you opinion? Mimmo Peruffo To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
