"Are Vidar Boye Hansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > >> Hi Mathias, Edward and the rest of you, > >> > >> you might find this article interesting: > >> > >> http://www.tabulatura.com/Mestweb.htm > >> > >> I wonder how common these small baroque lutes were... > > > > Thank you for pointing at Kenneth Sparr's article, which is a must-read > > on this field. As for your wondering, there's no hard evidence available > > (except the Mest lute and the Wolf lute), as far as I can see. Most 12c > > double headed lutes, according to Schulze-Kurz (who wrote on The Lute > > and its Tunings During the 17th Century), were probably rebuilt and > > converted later. > > IMHO, Mace's tuning seems reasonable. His 1st course is G, and lutes in > > G more often than not have a mensur of 55-60 cm. > > So its e-minor tuning, then?
Otherwise, it was called French flat: C - D - E - F | G - A // B - e - a - c' - e' - g'. -- Best, Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
