&g= t; The term "double headed French lute" is misleading because this type > was not used in France. So I changed to "double headed lute" Which will hopefully prevail! Terms may refer to a) building, or b) tun= ing, at its best to both. Double headed lute refers to building, solely, wh= ich is correct because double headed lutes came with varying numbers of cou= rses and several different tunings. > Sometimes the baroque l= ute with swan neck was called "theorbo" or > "German theorbo". In t= he today's view it's not correct because the > tuning is that of a = baroque lute. So we have the princip that the name > says also some= thing on the tuning. But swan-necks will pass as theorboed lutes= , no? > The "German theorbo" is in the today's view the 14-c= ourse continuo > instrument with the tuning F G A B C D E F G A d f= a d', described by > Weiss and Baron. So the combination of German= and theorbo says that > it's an own tuning and not the normal theo= rbo tuning. Merely conventional, and bad, IMHO, as "German"= refers neither to building nor to tuning. I don't know a better name, I mu= st admit. *clenches teeth* Baron called it Theorbe (theorbo). For him= , that would do. Why not for us? Theorbo is a generic term anyway. Mathias
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