[LUTE] Re: Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
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[LUTE] Re: Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread Bruno Cognyl-Fournier
This is the version Colin Everett, now deceased Canadian luther, made. He made several of these, 13 and 14 courses. Mine is 57/92 and tuned as an archlute in G. It us very easy to play and allows me to play everything from early Italian to Zamboni and all the English and french

[LUTE] Re: Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread i...@lutecorner.ch
Dear all, I just asked Cleveland for some more informations. I will share them here. Andreas Am 18.06.2020 um 11:46 schrieb Davide Rebuffa <[1]davide.rebu...@fastwebnet.it>: Il giorno 18 giu 2020, alle ore 11:16, Davide Rebuffa <[2]davide.rebu...@fastwebnet.it> ha

[LUTE] Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread Davide Rebuffa
> Il giorno 18 giu 2020, alle ore 11:16, Davide Rebuffa > ha scritto: > > Dear all, > > The instrument in Cleveland could be a a very rare example of a 14-course > small archlute > (not a "liuto attiorbato" because it has single bourdons) > or a 14-course tiorbino in G. > The brand of

[LUTE] Re: Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread David Van Edwards
Dear Andreas, Yes I'm sorry, you are right, 5 courses on the petit jeu is not what Castaldi calls for. I must change my notes which I made many years ago! But the relative length of the extension on this instrument does make it _look_ more like the pictures which Castaldi engraved himself

[LUTE] Re: Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread Martin Shepherd
Many thanks for the clarification, Davide! M On 18/06/2020 11:16, Davide Rebuffa wrote: Dear all, The instrument in Cleveland could be a a very rare example of a 14-course small archlute (not a "liuto attiorbato" because it has single bourdons) or a 14-course tiorbino in G. The brand

[LUTE] Re: Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread David Van Edwards
Dear Martin, It's up on Cleveland's website with lots of good photos at https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.368 Almost all original but according to my notes it has new bridge and nuts so we will never know for sure but they have it strung as 8 single strings in on the extension. Rather

[LUTE] Re: Tiorbino

2020-06-18 Thread Martin Shepherd
Hi All, I don't have many details of the Cleveland instrument, but I do have the poster!  I see 14 pegs for the petit jeu (7x2) and 8 pegs for the grand jeu (4x2), making it a 12-course liuto attiorbato. I think it was Larry Brown who had some measurements, if I remember correctly the petit