> Il giorno 18 giu 2020, alle ore 11:16, Davide Rebuffa
> <[email protected]> ha scritto:
>
> Dear all,
>
> The instrument in Cleveland could be a a very rare example of a 14-course
> small archlute
> (not a "liuto attiorbato" because it has single bourdons)
> or a 14-course tiorbino in G.
> The brand of the unknown manufacturer is present on the external countercap
> and bears the initials R. E.
> The string lengths are 523 mm and 882 mm.
> Since the string length is a bit long for a tiorbino, the third course could
> be tuned at the higher octave
> only if the instrument is tuned in G, not in A.
> It was converted into a 12-course instrument (2x1; 6x2; 4x2) by Sebastian
> Schelle in 1742.
> Ray Nurse restored it in 1988 bringing it back to 6x2; 8x1 as we may assume
> it was in the 17th century. The bridge was also rebuilt.
> The two extra pegs added in the 18th century were nor removed from the pegbox.
>
> Davide
>
>> Il giorno 18 giu 2020, alle ore 09:27, Martin Shepherd
>> <[email protected]> ha scritto:
>>
>> 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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