I remember reading a conjecture that the stump might have been a bandora/orpharion sort of instrument along with the penorcon.
On 18 December 2018, at 22:51, Ron Andrico <[email protected]> wrote: In terms of physical appearance, the stump was like a cittern with additional basses (theorbized). RA __________________________________________________________________ From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Rainer <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2018 8:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: stump? New Grove: An English plucked instrument of the early 17th century. It is known only by name and by one surviving piece of music (GB-Och Mus.532), headed ���Alman R. Johnson to the stump by F.P.��� (ed. A. Sundermann, Robert Johnson: Complete Works for Solo Lute, London, 1972). This is written in six-line French tablature and shows that the stump had seven fingered string courses tuned like a Renaissance lute, with eight extra bass diapasons. Rainer On 18.12.2018 21:03, Leonard Williams wrote: > I saw in an older Lute News supplement that Pilkington (possibly) > composed a piece for the stump. Can anyone enlighten me about what > sort of instrument that was? > Thanks, and best regards for the Holiday Season! > Leonard Williams > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
