Just out of interest, when N. North recorded his Piccinini CD some years
ago he recorded it on a K. Jacobsen theorbo. I was interested in
ordering the same instrument from Jacobsen and, if I remember correctly,
he told me the fingerboard string length was 86cm. North is far from a
giant, but
NN simply is a gorgeous soloist.
Mathias
PS: My theorbo has 82 cm VSL, and it took a while until I got used to it, but
today I wouldn't say any more that 82 cm is large at all.
-Original-Nachricht-
Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Lute strings for theorbo
Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2011 11:03:52
Greetings,
I have a Barber and Harris Lesser French Theorbo with 14 strings (7x1
and 7x1) with lengths of 760mm and 1400mm. The 7 diapasons are gut but
the other are carbon fiber and silver wrapped. I bought the instrument
used and would like to convert to all gut.
I have
