Just go there first, Valéry : http://lutegroup.ning.com/profile/JMP ;-)
Jean-Marie ======= 03-06-2008 16:45:21 ======= >I think you are speaking of the lute player, in Troyes (France) Beaux-arts >museum, with uncertain attribution to Rubens. >I saw many times the original and some strings are red on the painting (the >original is more than human size... beautiful picture of course) I remember >it is a ten course lute. (and the player wearing a sword, not very >comfortable to play lute...) Next time I go to Troyes I'll have a close look >to the strings... > >You have some more infos here and clicking on "vue complete" you can see on >the zoom the red strings... ><http://www.ville-troyes.fr/scripts/musees/publigen/content/templates/show.a >sp?P=346&L=FR&SYNC=Y> > >If cut, paste the ling between the two <> >V. > >-----Message d'origine----- >De : howard posner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Envoyé : mardi 3 juin 2008 16:32 >À : Lute >Objet : [LUTE] Re: Double headed 12c/loaded/Demi-filé > >On Jun 3, 2008, at 6:24 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> the lute >> player on the cover of Hoppy's 'Vieux Gaultier' CD >> (who's the artist?) plays an instument with the first >> and second courses red but also the BASS string only >> of the 7th course. All the other ones are pale. >> Why? > >Maybe as a visual cue, the way harpists color their C and F strings >today... >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://poirierjm.free.fr 03-06-2008
