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And here's the text: That's a common detail for Angéliques. In Zurich f.ex. I know an Angelique who was converted to a baroque lute. The form of the "swan neck" is known from Angéliques since 1680. Perhaps it was the idea to have a thicker bass side - that's nearly in the axis of the swan neck. And because of the 10 courses on the fingerboard it was necessary to avoid too strong angles for the lowest strings. So it's not far to make such a slot on the bass side. On the treble side it's also common for Angéliques to put an extra chanterelle "rider" outside of the descant side. I enclose a photo of the pegbox of the Zurich Angélique. This Angélique is also converted to a 13-course baroque lute (pegs and bridge), but the nut is strange and dates probably from the 20th century. Perhaps Falckenhagen plays a converted Angélique with single strings??? Andreas To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
