Yes, this is how it appears to be. In examining the top, it showed all signs of nail usage. I have never, ever encountered evidence to show that some sort of finger pick was used for the baroque lute. Nails were used by some, and nails are what made these marks.
Keep in mind, that in this day and age, we tend to have the tops "dished", or "scooped" a bit, so the strings are not quite so close to the belly; Edlinger did not scoop either one of these baroque lutes, and the action was quite close, for the right hand. Hence, the finger _and_ nail marks from the various players of this great lute. ed At 10:33 PM 2/8/2008 +0100, =?iso-8859-2?Q?Jaros=B3aw_Lipski?= wrote: >So, to sum up my guess is Edlinger was scratched by somebody playing with >his natural finger nails. It would be interesting to find out when it had >took place in past, but probably such an investigation would be very >difficult and expensive. > >Jaroslaw Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
