You can't really appreciate how ugly the Arnault de Zwolle lute design is until you have one. As DT rightly observes, "When you look at a copy of Arnaut's lute, it always looks a bit odd. It always seems as though something is not quite right. Some of the iconography shows lutes where the curves seem bumpy rather than smooth, similar to Arnaut's drawing."
This is an interpretation built in the early 1970's - bumps and all. It is, unfortunately, my only 6 course. http://s202.photobucket.com/albums/aa44/danwinheld/?action=view¤t=SixCourse.jpg Sounds much better than it looks, which is why I allow it to live. I think David Van Edwards has nailed it- too late for this one, though. Dan On Dec 13, 2011, at 4:12 AM, David Van Edwards wrote: > Dear All, > > I've decided to do a few more Lute of the month essays, starting with > a discussion of Arnault of Zwolle's c. 1440 design for a lute. > http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/month/dec11/month.htm > > Best wishes, > > David > -- > The Smokehouse, > 6 Whitwell Road, > Norwich, NR1 4HB > England. > > Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 > Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
