Dear All, Thanks so much for your thoughts. Indeed, I may be getting a folding theorbo - I'd prefer a Flybo to a Guitarbo any day - but I may still have to take the stopped string length down a bit.
Shaun: yes, I would prefer a whopping huge body with fewer frets than to have a smaller theorbo. We'll see. Best wishes, Benjamin Sent from my iPhone > On 10 mars 2015, at 11:29, Lex van Sante <lvansa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Benjamin, > > Why not shorten the neck extension? > In that case you would not have to worry about the number of frets and the > resulting decrease (maybe op to 10 cm. of diapason for the base strings) > would possibly not make that much of a difference acoustically. > > Greetings, > > Lex van Sante >> Op 10 mrt 2015, om 09:46 heeft Benjamin Narvey het volgende geschreven: >> >> Hmmmm. Still no thoughts? >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On 07 Mar 2015, at 23:20, BENJAMIN NARVEY <[1]luthi...@gmail.com> >> 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:luthi...@gmail.com >> 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 > > >
