> My view is that it is most likely a guitar (or rather late 19thC german > lute/guitar) conversion direct from a lute. There are numerous examples of > 18thC Colachons/mandoras (see Gill et als) and leaving aside the obvious > guitar conversion features (eg bridge, rose) it looks pretty atypical (eg very > sloping shoulders). I would have thought so, if not for the pegbox, which is rather elegant, and entirely uncharacteristic of the Wandervogels. RT RT
> > Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems to be A MANDORA, but the top is not original, was made into a guitar. > RT > ________________ > http://polyhymnion.org > > >> From: "Hans Kockelmans" > >> >> A strange lute by Joh Christian Hoffmann, 1733 for sale. What could it be? A >> colascione? >> http://www.music-treasures.com/ click on ANTIQUE MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS 1595 - >> 1930 and then baroque lute. >> H. >> >> > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer > 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. > Signup at www.doteasy.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 120MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com
