Roger E. Blumberg wrote: (About Streichzithern) > one of them has a chin-rest (now at least)
You're right, I didn't notice that. Then again it's not that hard to imagine somebody taking a Streichzither and use it as a regular violin. There were genuine fretted violins around btw but the ones I've seen at least had a standard violin shape. > The general playing position is common to viols of > course, and also a few violins in late 16th early 17th centuries (complete > with being rested on top of a table-top while bowed. Ummm... no... not unless there's something I've completely missed about old viol playing techniques. My description may have been a bit unclear. You place the Streichzither flat on its back on the table - something like a steel guitar. It even has little feet attached to the back of the body and possibly head. This must have resulted in a seriously awkward position for the bowing hand but they were quite popular all the same. Frank To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
