[LUTE] Re: The mystery of the unhistorical theorbo

2007-06-19 Thread chriswilke
Diego and all, --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Anyway, most of the survived instruments (and also > my theorbo) can mount > double strings. > From this I can assume that we all play > unhistorically single mounted > theorbos... Actually, there's quite clear iconographic evidence to support si

[LUTE] Re: The mystery of the unhistorical theorbo

2007-06-19 Thread David Van Edwards
At 14:16 +0200 19/6/07, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My theorbo (copy of an original by Matteo Sellas) is 80/161. The size is >quite usual in historical instruments. > > >Diego Cantalupi > Dear Diego, Which Sellas original is it copied from? I can't find any of that size. There's the small one