Dear Mathias, "Schalenhalslaute" and "Kastenhalslaute" - that's the terminology of Curt Sachs and as his approach was purely based on the morphology of instruments (not on their use, the way one produces sounds on them [e.g. by plucking strings or bowing them] or their position in the culture to which they belong) he consequently calls any instrument with strings attached to a body and something like a neck a "lute". Guitars are "Kastenhalslauten" and the Kemence is a "Schalenhalslaute" ...
Best wishes, Joachim "Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >"Joachim Lüdtke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >> Within the field of instruments in question I tend to think of instruments >> with a lute-back as lutes and of instruments with a back made of sides >> (unsure about the terminology, in German they are called "Zargen") and a >> seperate back as guitars, > >Indeed, it's schalenhals (chordophones with shells, or bowls, and necks) >vs. kastenhals (chordophones with boxes and necks), traditionally. >Wandervogel lutes are proper lutes, whatever their barrings or >stringings. > >Regards, > >Mathias >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- Dr. Joachim Luedtke Frühlingsstraße 9a D - 93164 Laaber Tlf.: ++49 / +9498 / 905 188 Mobil: 0172 / 275 49 48 Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
