[LUTE] Attiorbato recordings
Hello all, I'm considering getting hold of an attiorbato, and in the interests of some pre-purchase research (gulp), I'd like to get a feel of the tonality of the different body shapes. Thinking specifically of lutes based on the Sellas or Koch designs, does anybody know of any relevant recordings of each? There's a smattering of stuff on YouTube, but I'd like to listen to more to immerse myself in it a bit (plus most of the YouTube numbers are smothered in horrible compression artefacts). Thanks all, Jim -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
[LUTE] Attiorbato
Hi--Last week I asked the list about tuning my 14 course attiorbato as a tiorbino...well I decided to keep it as a liuto attiorbato. I had not played it at all for several years and I am now having a blast playing some of the archlute rep as well as ren lute music including Dowland (don't be too shocked...) Anyway--I have a question about my lute. It was my first lute, bought in 1994 from the early Music Shop and was originally 12 courses. I'm not sure what its based on, but it looks like the VA Choc attiorbato. It is signed thus: T.A. Johnson, Newcastle on Tyne 1991. Does anyone have any info on this maker? And any ideas on why it was made with just 12 courses? I have since converted it to 14 courses and it works great. --Sterling -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
