All, I have brightened, enhanced and enlarged the pictures and made them available at http://RobDorsey.com/Lutes/Hoffmann.htm . My comments are at the bottom of that page. If interested, take a look and draw your own conclusions.
Best, Rob Dorsey, Luthier Florence, KY To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html