Hello David and Taco
I'm not an expert on lute building, but if I made correct
observations, the arciliuto romano has NOT a theorbo body. They are
rounder and much deeper:
Martinus Harz 1665 (Edinburgh): 43 ribs, belly 53.1x36x17 cm, string
legths 67.3*/143.8 *= the neck was shortened;
On Friday 07 December 2007 12:01, LGS-Europe rattled on the keyboard:
Ivo and Lynda write that a regional instrument was invented from the
1660 instead of the theorbo: the arciliuto romana in g (without re-
entrant tuning) with a string length on the petit jeu of 71-73 cm
(a'= around 380-386
