Dear Martin,
It's up on Cleveland's website with lots of good
photos at
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1918.368
Almost all original but according to my notes it
has new bridge and nuts so we will never know for
sure but they have it strung as 8 single strings
in on the extension. Rather than 4 doubles which
would I agree make it a liuto attiorbato.
8 singles tend towards thinking archlute, or
perhaps tiorbino which is what the museum
suggest, but it is rather big for that.
Your figures of 7x2 and 4x2 come to an 11 course
lute if my maths is right! But curiously the
museum (and presumably the bridge?) have it
strung as 6x2 in spite of the 14 pegs.
Nothing can be quite certain but I'm inclined to
agree with your general feeling that it's a small
11 course liuto attiorbato, after all the famous
14 course liuto in Paris E 1028 is only 588mm.
According to my notes it was restored in 1988 by
Ray Nurse.
Best wishes,
David
At 09:27 +0200 18/6/20, Martin Shepherd wrote:
Hi All,
I don't have many details of the Cleveland
instrument, but I do have the poster! I see 14
pegs for the petit jeu (7x2) and 8 pegs for the
grand jeu (4x2), making it a 12-course liuto
attiorbato. I think it was Larry Brown who had
some measurements, if I remember correctly the
petit jeu is 61cm.
Martin
On 17/06/2020 22:37, Mathias Rösel wrote:
Dear David, dear Bruno,
thanks to both of you so much!
I agree that the Cleveland instrument, beautiful as it may be, seems more
likely to be a small arciliuto. And I'm grateful for your pointing at MH
Brussels No.1578. I shall try to get pictures and/or plans.
Mathias
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