It looks like the painter didn't care to show double strings, or the player used single strings omitting every second peg. Best JL
-----Original Message----- From: David Tayler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:05 AM To: lute-cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] El Gordo This is kind of a cool lute. Renaissance, circa Capirola, very, very large. Table position The thumb is in the very popular "thumb middle", neither particularly inside the hand nor stretched out. Left hand in "cruiser" position. Box for spare strings? http://www.nga.gov/cgi-bin/tdimage?object=90793 To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
