On Sep 17, 2008, at 5:24 AM, Nigel Solomon wrote: > Even though most surviving theorbos are strung 6 + 8, does anyone > know of any originals strung 8 + 6 as many modern players seem to > prefer?
There are some instruments in the Lute Society of America's database that appear to be theorbos with seven and eight fingerboard courses, though I suppose some of them are open to debate about whether they are "theorbos" or low-pitch something elses. I'm attaching a compilation that you (i.e. Nigel, since the list doesn't allow attachments) can look at and draw your own conclusions.  -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
