What is the current thinking on Ian Harwood's closing remarks on the
bandora in New Grove?
"...the technique required in the solo music is considerable,
involving some extreme stretches for the left hand. It seems likely
that such music would have been played on the smaller, high-pitched
instruments, as much of it is virtually unplayable on bandoras of the
sizes described and measured by Praetorius and Talbot."
Harwood argues for the existence of a smaller bandora with a top course
at D rather than A.
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