> Let us suppose, for a moment, that the two missing strings are replaced > - Assuming that they are two single strings, that would give 10 courses > on the first pegbox. That seems rather a lot to me - I'm not aware of > any instrument of this kind (archlute, theorbo, swan-neck) that has 10 > courses on the first pegbox. Also the nut looks rather short for 10 > courses. Of course I could be wrong, but I'm still puzzled.
The only lute instrument with ten courses on the fret-board, that I can think of, is the angélique, German type (see www.accordsnouveaux.ch > Angelique). Surviving instruments are single-strung, though. Mathias To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
