on 22/11/07 4:37 pm, Andrew Hartig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi Stewart et al., > > I just looked through the literature on the instrument, both > Segerman's and Abbott's FoMRHI article and Darryl Martin's writings, > and I did not find any reference to what temperament is suggested by > the fretting. The measurements for each fret location are included in > Darryl's technical drawing, but I have not compared them myself. > > Anybody willing to take on the task? > > -Andrew > > > At 05:46 AM 11/22/2007, Stewart McCoy wrote: >> Dear Andrew, >> >> I see from one of the pictures that the space between the 1st and 2nd frets >> is noticeably wider than the space between the 2nd and 3rd frets. I assume >> it is some kind of meantone. Am I right? If so, to what temperament do the >> frets approximate? >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Stewart McCoy. >> >> PS Sorry my message was accidentally sent to the Lute Net. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Andrew Hartig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 11:50 PM >> Subject: [CITTERN] Palmer orpharion images >> >> >>> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I thought I would share with you that I have updated my page on the >>> Palmer orpharion with photos kindly supplied by the National Music >>> Museum of Denmark. Please check it out: >>> http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/old/palmer.html >>> >>> There are also some other new goodies on the site. Have a look! >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Andrew >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > Meantone, suiting a 'g' tuning for a renaissance lute.
Peter
