"Joshua E. Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > How common are six string lutes like this one?: > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/Kay/lute12.jpg
Most members of the HIP community do not consider that instrument a lute. I'm notorious enough to dissent, so may I put it short. Yes, that kind of lute is widespread outside the HIP comm, e. g. where I live (Germany), and it is often heard in public at reenactment occasions and revival-medieval market places. There are even theorboed types (four or six extra bass strings), but not as widespread as the 6str type. -- Best, Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
