To add to the confusion: 17th c. harpsichord makers added another feature called a buff stop that had the opposite effect - it pressed leather pads against the strings to mute them. French and German makers called this respectively a 'registre de luth' or 'Lautenzug'. I have no idea why this would be considered lute-like - unless lute players were damping the strings with the heel of their right hand?
Andrew common in Flemish and English models but not Italians On 21 Jan 2010, at 09:25, Martyn Hodgson wrote: > There seems to be some confusion here: the reference wasn't to > exotic > instruments (such as the lute-harpsichord/lautenclavicymbal etc) > but to > normal run of the mill English harpsichords in which an > additional row > of jacks placed closer to the bridge than the main ones was/is > called > the 'lute stop' (sometimes 'theorbo stop'). Hence my remark that > this > also supports a closer to the bridge (and more brittle/brilliant > sound) > hand position than is the fashion today for 'baroque' lutes. > > MH -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
