I personally don't see this as unfortunate. All the lutenistic chimeras make our life diverse and interesting. RT
>> Unfortunately, no luthier is confined to the rules of heredity and >> can generate chimeras at whim. Luthiers are free to draw >> inspiration from anywhere. There often are no direct relationships >> evident between intermediary steps, and if you try to concoct a >> cladogram of necked chordophones, you'll end up with crossing >> and undefinable or isolated branches. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
