Following on from the discussion about strings and perhaps a bit of a non-sequitur, the well known painting by Antiveduto Grammatica shows a lute-shaped instrument with 5 courses on the fingerboard and 9 open basses. The two lowest bass courses i.e.8 and 9 appear to be thinner than the other seven and therefore were presumably re-entrant. How common was it to have re-entrant basses like this on theorboed instruments and what sources actually mention it as an option.
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