I'm not sure if there are such illustrations that show the actual head and
neck of a chitarra atiorbata in the Stradivari museum. To my knowledge, the
most comprehensive information about paper templates and patterns that are
relevant to Stradivari guitars are found in the article "Antonio Stradivari
and baroque guitar making" by Stewart Pollens (in "The Cambridge companion
to the guitar"). Stewart Pollens recons that if one applies similar
proportions / ratios that are found indicated on some Stradivari guitar
templates to the chitarra tiorbata then it would have 67.4 - 73.1 cm for
fingerboard strings and 1595 - 1653 for diapasons. It's an article worth
reading.
Alexander
----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Hall" <mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk>
To: "Vihuelalist" <vihuela@cs.dartmouth.edu>
Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2009 7:28 AM
Subject: [VIHUELA] Guitarre theorbe
I have one more question - about the drawing of a chitarra atiorbata in
the Stradivarius Museum.
According to the sources I have consulted this shows the head and neck
of the instrument, but not the body.
Is that correct?
Monica
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