Hi, it is a guitar-lute, but that doesn't say anything on the age of the belly. In fact some guitar-lutes have been built by using old bodys.
But from the pictures you won't be able to say anything exact. It could be or couldn't be ... Best Markus On Mon, 20 Jun 2005 17:42:21 -0700 (PDT), Steve Ramey wrote: SR> Hi all, SR> SR> Looks a lot like a really nicely done guitar-lute. I have a number of them and the peg head and apparent almost black color of the ribs are the only 'unusual for guitar-lute' aspects. SR> SR> Best, SR> Steve SR> SR> "Mathias R÷sel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: SR> >> http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7331352015 SR> >> SR> >> whatever the neck and sound board may be, the belly once upon a time SR> was SR> >> of a baroque lute. SR> SR> > How are you so certain, Mathias? Do you know this piece itself? SR> SR> no. to be sure, I don't get any royalties for this :) SR> SR> > At first look, the whole appears to me to be consistent with quality SR> > lauten/guitar-lutes of the early Wandevogel era. SR> SR> well, by and large that may be so. The pegbox is a bit exceptional, SR> perhaps (no bent pegboxes on wandervogel lutes, usually). SR> SR> However, if you take a closer look to the back of the belly you will SR> notice a difference. The shape of the belly is more oblong, and the ribs SR> resemble those e. g. of a Stegher lute much more, than those of SR> wandervogel lutes. SR> SR> I don't know the intrument myself, but I was startled at the pictures. SR> SR> Best, SR> SR> Mathias SR> -- SR> SR> To get on or off this list see list information at SR> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html SR> SR> -- SR>
