Roman Turovsky wrote:
There is just one further aspect which I haven't explored. Two
books, one by Abatessa and one by Michaeli include instructions for
tuning the 5-course guitar to the "arpetta". It is not clear what
this is except that it apparently has 8 strings. Abatessa seems to
imply that it is another instrument - a small harp perhaps, but
Micheli's instructions seem to imply that it is some sort of
attachment to the guitar. James Tyler mentions this on p.59 of his
book and says there is a drawing of such an instrument in an 18th
century Portuguese manuscript where it is referred to as a "tyorba
christalina". Apparently there is such an instrument in the
Victoria and Albert Museum.
I don't recall having seen it. Has anyone else?
Monica
I've been in the V&A a couple of times fairly recently and I didn't
notice such a thing. Maybe someone has the V&A catalogue and can
check that for instruments not on display. Could - tuning the
5-course guitar to the "arpetta" - just mean tuning a guitar with the
help of an "arpetta" (whatever that was).
Stuart
Unless this means http://www.torban.org/images/vallejo2.jpg
RT
This image reminded me of something in Baines' "Musical Instruments".
There _is_ an instrument in the V&A (according to Baines) that has the
attachment that is shown in Roman's jpg. Perhaps it is the same
instrument. But it is much, much later... 1789-92, Rafael Vellejo
(V&A; 389-1871): six double courses and a board attached with 20 pegs
with 10 double courses of metal strings.
Stuart
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