Thanks for looking; pls drop me an email if you change your mind! :)
I actually did put in the string-1 position a thin Aquila string
tuned to a g' and then put the "standard" 6 guitar strings in the
middle, then tuned them all down a step so that Eadbge became
Dgcfad. Add one low C for string 8 and voila, renaissance tuning!
(for 10-course range, anyway)

cheers,
matthew

--- In altgitarren@yahoogroups.com, Marion Ceruti <canzone268@y...>
wrote:
> I agree with you, David. It looks like the kind of instrument I
would like to have. Unfortunately, my finances do not accommodate it
this year, after having bought a requinto, a baroque lute, two
domras, an 11-string guitar, two 6c Lombard mandolins and a guitar
lute. If I were to buy it later, I would tune it like an 8c ren
lute. :)
>
> Cheers,
> Marion
>