Hi cittern persons, I'm new on the list, and happen to be particularly interested in "English Guittars".
I have just acquired a Thompsons guittar. Actually it has a Preston stamp on the back of the tuning head which is stamped over with "Thompsons". Does anybody out there know anything about these builders? Any information about playing techniques? Right-hand fingernails, for instance? A lot of these insts have those funny keyboard attachments (some even have built-in plucking mechanisms), which plucked with quills, I imagine. My instrument doesn't have any of that. Any info on how they would have been used in ensembles or with singers? I downloaded the Bremner and Oswald books from Rob MacKillop. Any music tips? andy rutherford -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
