I agree, Howard. The same holds true in baroque lutes, in which surviving instruments had various string lengths.
ed At 02:09 PM 6/1/2008 -0700, howard posner wrote: >The one thing that makes no sense is to simply wish away the range of >pitches that existed historically because it doesn't mesh with our >preconceptions of what a theorbo should be. 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
