On 9 Feb 2011, at 15:11, Paul Gretton wrote: > I would assume that the Reids worked to a chosen pitch standard in the same > way as did Silbermann or - more relevant here - the Hotteterre gang.
And at least the Hotteterre gang had the sense to pitch their instruments a whole tone below modern pitch, their G being more or less concert F. No NSP's there, but the next best thing. Some delectable 12 keyed musettes. Francis To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
