to me, the grain on the piece of wood covering the fingerboard is the same as that of the soundboard. difficult to explain that seam though.
in relation to my charango, the sound hole seems way too large for the body. maybe this and the exaggerated size of the bridge indicates a lack of finesse in the art of instrument making at that point. what woke me up at 5:30 in the morning was the stubby tastiera and the fact that it starts to expand almost immediately after the nut. must have been uncomfortable to play. i don't see how frets could have been applied. i'm also curious to know if, and how, the strings were attached at the bottom. any ideas on the "quint" in quinterne? unless it lost some pegs over the centuries, i count 7. the carved face at the top of the peg box looks celt. and so to bed (II) - bill On Marted́, apr 6, 2004, at 23:28 Europe/Rome, James A Stimson wrote: > > > > > Dear All: > I looked at the photo and it is definitely a gittern/quinterne. Note > the > separate fingerboard, probably a harder material than the top. But the > bridge looks far too wide for a four-course instrument? Any ideas? > Yours, > Jim > > > > > Arne Keller > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ed Margerum > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, LUTELIST <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2.dk> cc: > Subject: Re: Not a > lute. Medieval Quintern/Guiterne > 04/06/2004 02:05 > PM > > > > > > > At 08:09 06-04-2004 -0400, Ed Margerum wrote: >> For those interested in medieval non-lute instruments there is a >> brief article (in German) with photo of an intact quinterne found in >> Danzig at http://www.theiss.de/AiD/2002/6/europa1.php The >> quinterne/guiterne was found a few years ago in a latrine together >> with a medieval fiddle and blockflute, and with a baroque kit. >> >> Ed Margerum >> >> > Fine, it all goes to show what a lute-pioneering town old > Elbingen was. Drusina's birth-town. > > Arne Keller. > > > > > > > > > >
