NN simply is a gorgeous soloist. Mathias
PS: My theorbo has 82 cm VSL, and it took a while until I got used to it, but today I wouldn't say any more that 82 cm is large at all. -----Original-Nachricht----- > Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Lute strings for theorbo > Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:03:52 +0200 > From: nigelsolomon <nigelsolo...@btinternet.com> > To: "baroque-l...@cs.dartmouth.edu" <baroque-l...@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Just out of interest, when N. North recorded his Piccinini CD some > years ago he recorded it on a K. Jacobsen theorbo. I was interested in > ordering the same instrument from Jacobsen and, if I remember > correctly, he told me the fingerboard string length was 86cm. North is > far from a giant, but he doesn't sound as if he is struggling with all > those extra centimetres on the strings! > > Nigel > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
