Dear All,
I looked at the picture last week, but I remembered counting 12 pegs in
the lower pegbox and 8 in the upper - 6 double courses on the
fingerboard and 8 single basses, no?
Best wishes,
Martin
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The fact that there are no frets on the neck suggests strongly
Dear Martin,
The neck and the shape of the body would suggest IMHO it's not a theorbo but a
german baroque lute. This would also suggest double courses for the basses.
To be sure we would need the measures of the body.
I would opt for 2 single courses on the top, 5 doublecourses on the
Apr 2005 12:04:12 +0200
Subject: Re: Antwort: Re: more about the old theorbo
Dear Martin,
The neck and the shape of the body would suggest IMHO it's not a theorbo
but a
german baroque lute. This would also suggest double courses for the
basses.
To be sure we would need the measures
g. The rake of the pegbox looks too shallow to allow for a
treble rider to be glued on to add a single first string in addition to
those already present.
Swan-neck lutes never have treble riders.
RT
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Pure speculation of course but, if only 6/7 fingered and 4 (doubled) bass
courses, don't overlook that it cld conceivably be an arch-colachon: 18thC
mandoras and colachons gathered additional bass courses, altho a 1720
conversion date is probably too early fr a 10 course instrument. Whether
I will be playing in the czech republic later that year. If there are closer
details about the whereabouts I would be willing to take a closer look at the
instrument (take additional photos and make some measurements). But I would
need a contact. Hello Wayne - would you have such a contact?
The fact that there are no frets on the neck suggests strongly that the strings
are not original. They also seem to have been put onto the instrument by
someone clueless about how to tie them to the bridge and who did not know which
string to run to which peg. Finally, it looks like the
