Dear Charlie, If you look on David van Edwards site at theorbos, there is a bit about double stringing on the fretboard of the instrument, but not the basses. Link through The Lute Society website if you don't have his url Did not know Mace mentioned nails - thought I had read right through but missed that bit - useful as I still use nails Nick
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 08 October 2005 00:23 To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: New Boy Wow, I've never heard about the double strung theorbo, and certainly not as the most common form. I stand corrected. I would love to see an article about that. I've never seen any iconography or treatise or anything that would suggest that. I guess the single string theory is still the accepted mode of thinking in some corners of the lute world. The no-nails thing comes as a surprise, too. I play without nails myself, but the historical evidence seems to point to continuo playing being done with nails. It's not just Piccinini, but also Thomas Mace (who suggests nails for ensemble music). I think it was a matter of choice, then as now. Anyway, now that we know what New Boy wants, we can give up this silly argument, which I never meant to start anyway. Charlie To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
