I should have said, since images don't get transmitted, that it was a
9 course 1x1, 8x2 and that any treble rider was out of sight in that
photo, but I have another which shows that there was no treble rider
and shows the correct number of pegs for the 9 course as above.
Weirdly Dolmetsch decided to make it 9x2 when he altered it.
1598 is a bit early for a 9 course though not impossible and
certainly the pegbox looks utterly okay for an original.
Best wishes,
DAvid
Well here it is before the surgery!!
Best wishes,
David
At 19:50 +0200 21/10/18, Martin Shepherd wrote:
Dear All,
Does anyone have any information/drawings etc of the Harton lute
(dated 1598) in the Folger Shakespeare Library?
The photos I have suggest the original was an 8c lute, with a treble
rider (and tragically reduced neck) by Dolmetsch.
It still makes me feel queasy to contemplate the moment when
Dolmetsch sawed off the neck to make it a lute "in G".
FFS,
Martin
P.S. Just look at Robert Lundberg's photos, the amazing yew back, and weep....
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