In a message dated 4/15/01 6:04:55 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask]
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> Scarlatti does not need a big French double but rather a big Italian double.
> There were some.  Wm Dowd went on a tour of South America looking for
> Italian &
> Spanish instruments years ago and turned up large Spanish doubles, false
> inner-outer, which would have suited Scarlatti compass-wise.  I built a
> false
> inner-outer dble 63 note for myself and my husband - we both like to play
> Scarlatti.  Strung in brass; sounds great.  An excuse to do a fancy
> decorated
> case & turned legs, nice after a diet of veneering and Biedermeyer case
> styles.
>         Margaret
>
Thank you Margaret. Here is where my ignorance is showing. I have never seen
what I would call a "big" Italian or Spanish instrument before. Sounds
fascinating.
Chastened, I remain,
Mark