> >I'm assuming the Vermeer doesn't count > > dt Well, okay, you might as well count Santa Cecilia (Saraceni) or "Gaultier" (de Reyn). I haven't found out which Vermeer you might have in mind. But wouldn't you say it's clear as the sun that close-to-the-bridge was the home position with baroque lutes?
Mathias > >That quote by Barto was bearing on the baroque lute, distinctively. I'm > >not aware of even one painting / engraving / whatever of baroque lute > >players, showing a different position. > > > >Mathias > > > > > > > At 12:33 PM 2/8/2009, you wrote: > > > >From: ""Mathias Rösel"" <[email protected]> > > > >>>"All instruction from the period tell us and the pictures > > > >>>show us that the right hand was at the bridge. How > > > >>>seriously should we take this?" Barto > > > >> > > > >>Perhaps like with a traffic sign when driving a car? I mean, not > > > >>religiously, of course >B) > > > >>Mathias > > > >An unexpectedly Gallic opinion! > > > >RT To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
