>> You say we have absolutely no idea what sort of barring arrangement >> violas might have had. But surely we - or makers like you - do have >> some idea. Some violas look very similar to vihuelas, and were made at >> roughly the same time, and not geographically distant and play the same >> sort of sophisticated, polyphonic music. It would at least be reasonable > >> Or, do you think there is a possibility that violas had la much more >> complicated lute-like barring? >> >> (Or, Monica-style; we just don't know, will never know and it's all >> (mere?) speculation... ) > > Oh dear - I hope I don't sound too negative, but I am always sceptical of > elaborate theories which are based on unprovable hypotheses......... > > Monica I am not. RT
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