--- On Wed, 12/14/11, Daniel Winheld <[email protected]> wrote: > > For players of theorbo or archlute, it has sometimes been > the other answer. >
For early music ensemble directors engaging a theorbo player, it is only the other answer. Chris Christopher Wilke, D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer www.christopherwilke.com > On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:11 PM, Stephen Fryer wrote: > > > On 14/12/2011 1:51 PM, Daniel Winheld wrote: > >> 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. > > > > Thanks for the photo. Of course the question > becomes, do we play an instrument for its LOOKS or its > SOUND? > > > > Stephen Fryer > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
