Summary
Record of the two-session photographic survey (June 2004 and December 2006) at the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels (Musée des Instruments de Musique), focused on measuring the diameter of the bass string holes in the bridges of historic lutes. The documentation feeds the “Museum Old String Database” curated by Aquila Corde Armoniche, providing an objective basis for the philological reconstruction of the original string gauges.
Key takeaways
- Two surveys at the Musical Instruments Museum of Brussels (June 2004 and December 2006).
- Measurement of the bridge-hole diameter for bass strings on the museum’s historic lutes.
- The data feed the Museum Old String Database (Database Corde Antiche Musei), an archive of measurements taken directly from surviving instruments.
- The record gathers eighteen photographs of the bridges, each viewable at full resolution.
Scope of the survey
Investigations concerning lute bass bridge-hole measurements (carried out in different years) contributing to the “Museum Old String Database” project (June 2004 and December 2006).
Photographic documentation
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