On a side note, the names of the luthiers who built the tiorbino that is now kept in Geneva, are given as: Johannes Hieber and Andreas Pfanzelt (both on the museum's page and on Barber's / Harris's page).
The name of Hieber's colleague in Padua, though, apparently was Martin(o) Pfanzelt, according to two reference books (Enzyklopaedie des Geigenbaus, 1965, and MGG vol. 10, 1986). I wonder if there's a label inside the instrument.—Anyone? Mathias > 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> -- >> This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. >> https://www.avast.com/antivirus >> >> >
