Hmmmm. Still no thoughts? Sent from my iPad
On 07 Mar 2015, at 23:20, BENJAMIN NARVEY <[1][email protected]> wrote: Dear collected wisdom, I'm rather wondering what the minimum number of tied frets is for historical lute instruments, notably for theorbo(s). I am unfortunately having to consider having an instrument shortened for travel purposes, and this may involve reducing the stopped string length; I know of many large theorboes with only 8 tied frets, but are there any with only 7? With best wishes, Benjamin -- [2]www.luthiste.com t +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.luthiste.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
