reading up on the continuo group in the early 17th century I came across this quote from the book Venetian instrumental music from Gabrieli to Vivaldi by Eleanor Selfridge-Field dated 1607
There was a concert of the best musicians that they had [involving] as many voices as instruments, principally six little jewels of organs besides that of the church, which is very fine, and trombones or sackbuts, and viols, violins, lutes, cornetts made from [animal] horns, recorders and flageolets. Six portative organs! To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
