Did the instrument you were looking at have an authentic period stamp of 1758, or was it dated by a curator?
I was under the impression that it was invented by Preston in 1762, but I can't remember where I read that. It would be nice to know for sure. Rob -----Original Message----- From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 March 2006 20:13 To: [email protected] Subject: [CITTERN] watchkey mechanisms Anyone know when the watchkey mechanism first appeared? I was just looking at an instrument dated 1758 with this kind of tuning and I wondered if it was unusual for that date. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
