> On Aug 18, 2019, at 10:22 AM, David Van Edwards <da...@vanedwards.co.uk> > wrote: > > There are of course several luiti attiorbati in > Paris with 7 fingered courses but one of them > looks a bit theorbo-ish and might be the one > you're thinking of. It's anonymous E.25 (C228) 13 > courses 1x1, 6x2 @ 710mm + 6x2 @ 1090. Joël's > catalogue thinks it was converted from a > German/Italian renaissance lute into a liuto > attiorbato in 17th century. All the real theorbos > there have six fingered courses, either double or > single.
My information is all second or third-hand, but I was also thinking of the “Magno diefobruchar a venetia" and Tielke instruments in Paris Musee de la Musique, both apparently configured like German lutes with 8 fingerboard courses at 82 and 84 cm. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
