I have this book, it is useful but outdated. Hopefully someone will write a new one, or perhaps the work has been done already?
The book lists many of the surviving instruments, with measurements. There is enough raw data there to draw some interesting conclusions (lutes come in many sizes, shapes, and stringing) However, there needs to be research into the state of the instruments, and especially the size of the bridge holes. There is also a worklist, of sorts, but this is outdated as well. I've had on my "to do" list for a while now to put all the measurements together into a big table (the instruments are arbitarily divided). Presumably, this would show a either a gapless or very small gap continuum in sizes. If there are "lacunae", that could be interesting, but it looks to be lots of different sizes. If indeed there is a broad continuum, then we would need to reevaluate how we categorize all these instruments. The caveat here is the "original condition" dt At 06:32 AM 1/26/2011, you wrote: >What is the current consensus of Ernst Pohlmann's book, "Laute, >Theorbe, Chitarrone" >Is it still reliable enough to use as a reference, or is it getting outdated? >Is there any work to update the material? > > > >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
