Hei! > And do you know anything about the distinctive Norwegian variant? I have > a photocopy of a chapter from a book on these instruments - written, of > course, in Norwegian. I can't read Norwegian.
But I can! I have not read this, but I am very interested! So please Frank, tell us more! I can add that there are some music in manuscript for the norwegian sister. When Bellmann fled from his creditors in Stockholm, he lived for a while in the little town Fredrikshald (now Halden) in the southeast corner of Norway - my hometown. Maybe he bought a sister from Amund Hansen, who lived in Fredrikshald and was considered to be the greatest norwegian sister maker. mvh Are Vidar Hansen To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
