>To me an interesting question is: how did Bakfark come about a 7-course > lute? > Well, if you had a 6c lute and needed a 7th course, you could just put one extra slot in the nut (a 10 minute job with a small file or a little longer with a knife) to split the 6th c into two one-string courses. You could even switch back and forth between 6 and 7 as easily as retuning.
I would be surprised if some enterprising ren lute player didn't think of that. -- http://DoctorOakroot.com - Rough-edged songs on homemade GIT-tars. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
