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 <[email protected]> > To: > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > >
