Do consider that the painter might have used a prop or even an imaginary
instrument.
RT
On 2/4/2013 10:16 AM, Lex van Sante wrote:
David, the strings are running alongside the extended neck in stead of passing
over it.
So the second pegbox has to be off-axle.
With Bill I wonder.........
Lex
Op 4 feb 2013, om 16:07 heeft David Van Edwards het volgende geschreven:
Dear Bill,
I assume one of these.
http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/93.tif
Sixtus Rauwolf Augsburg 1599 now in Copenhagen No. 93
This is the sole survivor of this type that Molenaer made famous. But
your painting has the lower strings offset in in a strange, rather
excessive, manner. Maybe a case of dodgy perspective rather than
distortion. But if the offset is genuine then the upper pegbox must
be something other, and to me unknown.
Best wishes,
David
At 13:54 +0000 4/2/13, William Samson wrote:
I wonder what the layout of the upper head of this lute might be?
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Artist Jacopo Vignale, early 17th Century.
Bill
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