I’d like to see that Johnson work. Sounds perfect (almost) for an archlute.

On Dec 19, 2018, at 5:22 AM, Rainer <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
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