That's my point. Andi Schlegel showed to an interested audience at the lute days in Basel fotos of the restauration process of one of his early lutes (giorgina - I'm a great fan of this instrument). you can clearly see what they did to that pour instrument. It was converted into a guitar. A "supporting" bass barring was added, a new bridge was glued on the soundboard and holes for the strings (as on parlor guitars) were made.
G. Houcken documented the restauration process - maybe a good idea to ask either G. Houcken or Andi Schlegel if they could contribute to the JLSA with photoes and/or their experiences. Best wishes Thomas Wayne Cripps schrieb am 04.09.2003: > > PLease reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Douglas Smith) > > >A lot of these "repairs" done in the 19th and 20th centuries are >guitar conversions o >f the crudest sort. The makers no longer had knowledge of the >lute-making tradition a >nd made arbitrary changes of all kinds. Or sometimes the changes >were made to theoret >ically preserve the instrument or cover up flaws (thick lacquer or >putty). I would wo >rry about what Brandstetter (there's probably an N in the label) did >to the instrumen >t until I saw that he was competent in today's sense. > >In a forthcoming issue, JLSA will be printing at least one article >on the recent rest >oration of a museum lute, and from the details you will see what I >am concerned about >
