Not worth it.
Especially with such man-made objects.
RT


On 10/17/2012 4:40 PM, William Samson wrote:
    I've been watching this discussion with interest and I wonder if it's
    feasible to produce a taxonomy of plucked stringed instruments?  In
    particular, is it possible to construct a 'key' with questions
    that distinguish one instrument from another, as botanists do with
    different kinds of orchid, for example?

    I simply throw this in as an idea - I'm NOT volunteering - I'm too old
    to dodge the huge amounts of flak that would result.

    Bill
    From: Lex van Sante <[email protected]>
    To: lute mailing list list <[email protected]>
    Sent: Wednesday, 17 October 2012, 21:17
    Subject: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone
    Rebec and rebab spring to mind.............
    Lex
    Op 17 okt 2012, om 22:05 heeft Monica Hall het volgende geschreven:
    >  Such as ?  .............
    >
    >
    >
    >  Monica
    >
    >  ----- Original Message -----
    >
    >  From: [1]WALSH STUART
    >
    >  To: [2]Monica Hall
    >
    >  Cc: [3]Lutelist
    >
    >  Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2012 8:56 PM
    >
    >  Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Chitarrone
    >
    >    Other instruments than lutes have 'lute-shaped' bodies...
    >    Stuart
    >
    >  On 17 October 2012 20:29, Monica Hall <[4][1][email protected]>
    wrote:
    >
    >    Well - what is the difference between a lute and a
    gittern/mandore.
    >      When is a lute not a lute? Chitarrone as I understand it is a
    >    large member of the lute family i.e. it has a lute shaped body.
    It
    >    depends what you mean by separate traditions.......
    >    Monica...getting more confused by the minute.
    >
    >      Diego, unfortunately I cannot read Italian. Are you in agreement
    >    with
    >      Meucci?
    >      Monica, the only things I know about Meucci's article are from
    >    you. As
    >      I understand it, Meucci isn't saying that the chitarrone is a
    >    large
    >      lute. The lute has its own, separate,  traditions. The
    chitarrone
    >    (he
    >      is saying, I think) is a large (massive!) gittern (or
    >    gittern/mandore).
    >      Stuart
    >      On 17 October 2012 18:34, Diego Cantalupi
    <[1][5][2][email protected]>
    >    wrote:
    >        If you can read Italian, you can find my dissertation about
    >        Chitarrone here:
    >        [2][6][3]http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
    >        The first chapter is about ethimology.
    >        Diego
    >>
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    >    References
    >      1. mailto:[8][5][email protected]
    >      2. [9][6]http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
    >      3. [10][7]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
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    > References
    >
    >  1. mailto:[8][email protected]
    >  2. mailto:[9][email protected]
    >  3. mailto:[10][email protected]
    >  4. mailto:[11][email protected]
    >  5. mailto:[12][email protected]
    >  6. [13]http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
    >  7. [14]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
    >  8. mailto:[15][email protected]
    >  9. [16]http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
    >  10. [17]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
    >

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References

    1. mailto:[email protected]
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    3. http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
    4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
    5. mailto:[email protected]
    6. http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
    7. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
    8. mailto:[email protected]
    9. mailto:[email protected]
   10. mailto:[email protected]
   11. mailto:[email protected]
   12. mailto:[email protected]
   13. http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
   14. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
   15. mailto:[email protected]
   16. http://www.diegocantalupi.it/tesi.pdf
   17. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html



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