> Alexander, > > You say we have absolutely no idea what sort of barring arrangement > violas might have had. But surely we - or makers like you - do have > some idea. Some violas look very similar to vihuelas, and were made at > roughly the same time, and not geographically distant and play the same > sort of sophisticated, polyphonic music. It would at least be reasonable
> Or, do you think there is a possibility that violas had la much more > complicated lute-like barring? > > (Or, Monica-style; we just don't know, will never know and it's all > (mere?) speculation... ) Oh dear - I hope I don't sound too negative, but I am always sceptical of elaborate theories which are based on unprovable hypotheses......... Monica To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
