I forwarded this to two of my lute students who both have deep harp
backgrounds- maybe they will come back with string answers.
Oh yes, very lovely! Thank you...
Dan
On 4/6/2013 1:26 PM, Rob MacKillop wrote:
Round ones...
OK. I'm not prepared to give a well-researched answer, mainly because the
instrument just arrived yesterday. The first three courses are gut, and the
rest are nylgut core, copper wound. Probably lute strings.
Today I took it to the Edinburgh International Harp Festival to see if anyone
there knew about it, but I couldn't find anyone. The Edward Light instructions
mention a red string and a black string. These will be familiar to harp payers,
where C is red, and F is black, sometimes blue. So, if anyone has solid
evidence, please let me know.
Rob
www.robmackillop.net
On 6 Apr 2013, at 21:12, David van Ooijen <[email protected]> wrote:
Lovely, well done. What kind of strings are on it?
David
On 6 April 2013 21:13, Rob MacKillop <[email protected]> wrote:
Some of you might have a passing interest in the so-called harp-lute.
Somebody gave a loan of one yesterday, by Edward Light, and also a
tutor by him. I managed to knock out three tunes today.
Video and more info here: [1]http://19th-centuryguitar.com/harp-lute/
Rob
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