Better still, the Bandura old style with a similar curved bridge and all. Cheers,
Lex > Op 27 dec. 2018, om 21:35 heeft David Van Edwards <[email protected]> > het volgende geschreven: > > It's just occurred to me that the arrangement of strings on the Poliphant > seems remarkably like that on a torban. > > David > > Dear Ed and Arthur and Rainer, > > Here is a link to a page I've put together showing the Randle Holme > description and sketch of the Poliphant. His Academy of Armory is an > unbelievably confusing but comprehensive descriptive list of objects from > seventeenth century English life. Just above the Poliphant you'll see his > sketch of an English theorbo which Davide Rebuffa first pointed me to. > > http://www.vanedwards.co.uk/RandleHolme.htm > > Best wishes, > > David > > > > At 08:48 -0600 23/12/18, Edward Martin wrote: >> There is a short Wikipedia article on Daniel Ferrant, and it states: >> >> Daniel Farrant (1575¢1651)^[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. >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> [17]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> >> 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 >> 16. mailto:[email protected] >> 17. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > -- > The Smokehouse, > 6 Whitwell Road, > Norwich, NR1 4HB England. > > Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 > Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk > -- > The Smokehouse, > 6 Whitwell Road, > Norwich, NR1 4HB England. > > Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 > Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk > > > --
