vielle

January 4, 2012 at 9:08 AM

i've been given the use of this instrument - it's been badly maintained: the bridge is missing, it needs new strings, the sound post is rattling around inside and the endpiece needs to be re-attached ... but hey! - to all intents and purposes, it's mineallmine!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/7738680@N05/sets/72157628712251521/

it think it's a 6ing vielle - any tuning recommendations, preferably in 5ths or a combination of 4ths and 5ths?

From Tom Holzman
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 1:49 PM

You probably should take it to a luthier who specializes in period instruments and let her/him set it up properly and teach you how to care for it.

From bill kilpatrick
Posted on January 4, 2012 at 4:47 PM

in fact, i'm bringing it to an early music luthier next week - i'll certainly treat it better than the person who gave it me ... he had it in a shopping bag, out in his garage!

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