Michael, I believe that in fact 7c was standard, but they either tuned the 7th course to F or D on a G lute. The 8c is a convenient way to have both tunings on one lute, so it is sort of a standard today.
g Zitat von Michael Bocchicchio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > People who have purchased lutes from me in the past have all come to me > with the common wisdom that the 8c. is the standard. Why would this be? Is > it true now? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
