Of course! I meant courses, not strings. Single stringing is mainly a modern phenomenon... Sent from my iPad
On 14 Aug 2014, at 18:56, Andreas Schlegel <[1][email protected]> wrote: And 6x2 in the petit jeu, normally... Andreas Am 14.08.2014 um 18:39 schrieb BENJAMIN NARVEY <[2][email protected]>: Dear Luters, I notice that almost everyone keeps the seventh course of their Italian theorboes as a stopped string on the first pegbox, mind all the sources I know point to having only 6 on the stopped strings, and 8 diapasons. What source (if any) gives the disposition 7 + 7 for an Italian theorbo? I assume this predilection is a modern tradition. Are there any historical sources for having 8 short and 6 long on Italian theorboes? Obviously Weiss and Baron, et al., had 7 stopped stringsA since they were in baroque tuning without the top f'. Campion may have had 8 stopped strings, but then his "theorbo" was in fact a double luth. Any thoughts? Best, Benjamin -- [1][3]www.luthiste.com t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 -- References 1. [4]http://www.luthiste.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Andreas Schlegel Eckstr. 6 CH-5737 Menziken +41 (0)62 771 47 07 [6][email protected] -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. http://www.luthiste.com/ 4. http://www.luthiste.com/ 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 6. mailto:[email protected]
