Hi all,

sorry I'm late replying. Been out playing gigs this weekend.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> 
> I think I've finally got it to work - except in Netscape. But it works in 
> Opera, Avant and IE. Pages 1-3 is the section on the sister. The next two 
> pages are an inventory of sistere in Norway. The last page is from the 
> section on the lutter. The painting on this page depicts an instrument that 
> is a bit like one that Bellman is seen playing (in a picture sent to me by 
> FRank Nordberg).

I got it to work just fine in Netscape and I'll translate the rest of 
the pages too - unless Are wants to have a go at it.

Right now I got side-tracked into something even more interesting though.
So, can anybody think of an instrument that'll fit this description:
+ Six courses
+ Played with a plectrum or possibly a bow
+ Music notated in French tablature
+ Regularly tuned in a major chord (GCGCEG if we assume C major
   tuning, but that's just a wild guess) but the lower courses tuned
   down a note or two quite often

A six course bell cittern like the one Bellman had should fit the 
description perfectly, but there a catch: this manuscript I've got here 
(well, photocopies of it at least) is *supposed* to date back to 1679!
Does anybody have an idea what kind of instrument this could be?


Frank Nordberg
http://www.musicaviva.com



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