> playing, but I would get an all-around better instrument that would serve > all purposes, so something in "g" would work best.
Absolutely. And if _small_ size matters for you, try and find a lute of 58 to 60cm tuned in g'. That is smallest for g' in 440, still practical. 64cm will get you into trouble if you want to tune it to g' at 440 with several kinds of strings (not just gut). David > > ed > > At 03:54 PM 9/22/2006 -0400, Kay Lay wrote: >>Thanks, everyone, for your advice! I got two recommendations for >>Marcello and an e-mail from him, so I am strongly considering his >>6-course Duiffopruchar: >>http://www.armandpilon.com/galleries/duiffo6.html >> >>Another lute I really liked was the Descant by Larry Brown: >>http://lkbrownviolins.com/descant_lute.htm >> >>And the third, the most beautiful one: >>http://www.lucianofaria.com/Imagens/WendelioVenere1.jpg >>It is also the cheapest (perhaps because of the 44 cm string-length), >>and is a treble lute; I'm not sure what difference this makes. >> >>Anyway, does anyone have an opinion on which one I ought to choose? >>They are all fine lutes, I think. >> >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > > >
