Hi: A theatrical prop used for a 19th C. Shakespearian play perhap? brad
Peter Forrester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: on 25/8/07 8:58 pm, Frank Nordberg at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hoping people will forgive me for straying slightly off topic for this > list, does anybody here have any idea what on earth this instrument is?: > http://www.pictures-clipart-graphics.com/files/na/naylor1896-000g-a11-bg.jpg > > The picture is from Naylor's "Shakespeare and Music" (1896), generally a > fairly reliable source of information (considering the time i was > published) but this instrument doesn't look like any lute or cittern > I've ever heard of, it doesn't even look like a functional musical > instrument! > > Naylor's description says: > "LUTE. Italian, 1580. Three plain holes in belly, obliquely. Ornamental > back. Flat head. Pegs turned with key from behind. 12 strings - viz., 1 > single (treble), 4 doubles, 1 single, and 2 singles off the fingerboard > (basses). 10 frets." > > Frank Nordberg > http://www.musicaviva.com > http://www.tablatvre.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > Surely cannot work. It suggests a Damascene oud modified by somebody who has heard the phrase 'harp-lute'? Peter --------------------------------- Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel today! --
