There is a short Wikipedia article on Daniel Ferrant, and it states:
Daniel Farrant (1575â1651)^[1][1] was an English composer, viol player
and instrument maker. He invented types of [2]citterns, the
[3]poliphant and the [4]stump, along with the early [5]lyra
viol.^[6][2] He is also credited with the invention of the early
[7]viola d'amore. The particulars of the [8]stump are not known.^[9][3]
References
Ashbee, Andrew. "Farrant, Daniel". [10]Oxford Dictionary of National
Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press.
[11]doi:[12]10.1093/ref:odnb/67960. (Subscription or [13]UK public library
membership required.)
Gozza, edited by Paolo (2000). Number to Sound the Musical Way to the
Scientific Revolution. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. p. 147.
[14]ISBN [15]9789401595780.
Galpin, Francis (1911). Old English Instruments of Music: Their
History and Character. p. 32.
Seasons greetings to all.
ed
On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 7:53 AM Rainer <[16][email protected]>
wrote:
On 23.12.2018 13:49, Arthur Ness wrote:
> The stump was according to Playford invented by a Daniel
Farrant. It
> was also known as an English theorbo.
> He is said to have invented the Poliphant, a wire-strung
lute-type
> instrument.
Excellent - I didn't know that.
This appears in Playford's "Musicks Recreation on the Lyra Viol"
(London, 1652, 1661, 1669 and 1682 [and other editions?]).
However. the stump and the polyphant seem to be mentioned in the
1661 edition only.
I can send a (poor) copy from my pdf file based on a microfilm..
Rainer
PS
One of the 1681 copies once belonged to Thomas Oliphant (without
"P") who published "improved" versions of several songs by Dowland
in 1837.
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References
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Farrant#cite_note-1
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cittern
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliphant
4.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stump_instrument&action=edit&redlink=1
5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyra_viol
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Farrant#cite_note-2
7. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_d'amore
8.
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stump_instrument&action=edit&redlink=1
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Farrant#cite_note-3
10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography#Oxford_Dictionary_of_National_Biography
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_object_identifier
12. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/67960
13. http://www.oxforddnb.com/help/subscribe#public
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789401595780
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