OK, gang: inquiring minds want to know. Is there any historical source that correlates the size of a theorbo with pitch, or tuning, or stringing (single/double courses, single/ double re-entrant)?
On Jan 28, 2008, at 5:44 AM, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > I'm merely pointing out that his advice to others is based on no > evidence. I, and others, have used the expression 'toy' theorbos > many times to describe such unhistorical instruments. Theorbos do, > indeed, come in various sizes but those of the size he indicates > would have only had the first course an octave down or be tuned > much higher (as the Talbot MS's 'Lesser Fr. theorboe for lessons'). -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
