Dear common wisdom, seven years ago I had the opportunity to buy a theorbo from a German friend: it had been built by Hendrik Hasenfuss in 1993 and has a very nice bowl made of 35 ribs of yew. Looking for the model, I think I came to a theorbo built by Pietro Raillich in Padova, possibly around 1655 (strung as 6x1, 8x2). The original seems to be on display in Rome at the Museo Nazionale degli Strumenti Musicali, where it is (erroneously?) indicated as being built in 1702, which sounds odd to me, as of the nearly 47 years Pietro Raillich spent in Padova, that is the year of his death... The only picture displayed on Museum's site is so small to be almost unreadable. Does anybody have readable pictures of the 1655 instrument and/or some more infos? Mine measures 82.5cm and 167cm, which would match the Raillich's model. Thank you in advance, Luca
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