Hi all, Thomas Schall wrote:
> It is a great experience to have a smaller lute and many pieces which seemed > impossible to play because of large stretches are now well within reach. I > have choosen a 7-course variant to avoid the retuning for certain pieces in > the repertoire which ask for a G as 6th course. In the meantime I even play > Terzi and other later stuff on it. I have quite similiar experience with my 7-course soprano lute in d, 44cm, Wendelio Venere c.1580 made by Timo Kontio in 1997. (Old photos in http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/LutePics/ArtoVenere.jpg and http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/LutePics/VenereDetails.html ) I think the model had only 6 courses, but the bottom c is nice to have. But what is most curious, is that after playing it, let's say half an hour, all the other utes feel SO big and unnatural! And the 44 cm feel so normal. Best wishes Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
