I have been playing an Edlinger baroque lute for 19 years. I think I am partial to lutes of the Edlinger school, more so than Hoffman or Widhalm. I also play a Burkholzer lute which could be considered an Edlinger, as he did the conversion. The Edlinger baroque lute does have a very shallow body, which makes it quite easy to hold. The one I have is also quite loud, but this might be due to it's size (76cm) and ebony ribs. Sterling On Friday, October 18, 2013 4:17 PM, Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> wrote: Oops! I just saw that you said theorbo -forget everything I just wrote. No experience these things! On 10/18/2013 12:04 PM, BENJAMIN NARVEY wrote: > Dear All, > > I am getting a small theorbo made after Edlinger, but my lute maker > feels the model is excessively thin; she is worried about > sound/projection. I should think the sound may be less complex than > deeper lutes, but perhaps I will have more projection since less sound > will get trapped in the belly. > > Does anyone have experience with Edlinger-type models? I would like to > stay as close to the original body as possible and see what happens, > but the maker has never made anything so shallow before and is getting > slightly cold feet about it. > > Any and all thoughts would be much appreciated! > > In any event, it should be a dream to hold! > > Bonne musique, > > Benjamin > > -- > [1]www.luthiste.com > t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 > p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 > -- > > References > > 1. [1]http://www.luthiste.com/ > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
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