It is not an original lute (as far as I remember there are NO Dutch type lutes that have survived, 12-course, never mind 14). Just a well-made modern one. RT ______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://turovsky.org http://polyhymnion.org
>> Any ideas who the creator of this beauty may have >> been? >> I think it was Brian Cohen, but I'm not 100% sure. >> RT > Oops, I think I didn�t express myself correctly, by > the beauty, I meant the lute :) > BTW, there are a few odd notes with this pictures, I > particularly dislike the thought of converting a > 14-course lute to something with 16 single strings, > and the fact of altering an instrument that should > belong to a museum. > Well, to late for that. Obviously someone wanted to > play on an original instrument. > Ralf
