----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Posner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2007 0:16 am Subject: [LUTE] Re: More mandora/mandola
> > EUGENE BRAIG IV wrote: > > > The effort to directly parallel fixed-bridge mandolins is obvious > > Do you mean to say "bridge" rather than "fret"? Are we talking > about > instruments with violin-type bridges? Well, I did mean "bridge" and didn't say "fret." We're discussing instruments with lute-like bridges, tied frets, and gut strings for which Vivaldi and Sammartini had written. Some examples: <http://www.lutesandguitars.co.uk/htm/cat09.htm> <http://www.daniellarson.com/mandolins/mandolino/mandolino.htm> <http://www.lucianofaria.com/mandolinos.htm> <http://www.usd.edu/smm/PluckedStrings/Mandolins/StradMandolin/StradMandolin.html> These predate the floating-bridge, fixed-fret, wire-strung Neapolitan type that most people associate with the word "mandolin." Best, Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
