Hey Stuart,
I had my 7-course guittar built after reading Bland's book years ago.
There is a 7-course Preston in Paris. I use Ritter's tuning for some pieced
as well - it does make a few fingerings a little more logical. Don't forget
that Oswald suggests tuning in G as well, suggesting that
James Tyler wrote:
Hi Stuart,
Highly interesting info about Bland, Marella and Ritter. I looked out my photocopy of the Ritter
Lessons which was taken from the late Bob Spencer's Collection. It is a later edition
published by Longman Broderip (ca. 1770). No mention on the title page of
