----- Original Message ----- From: "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Rob Dorsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: 1733 ebay lute for a mere ...
> It is possible that the bowel is an original 1733 bowel from an original > 1733 instrument. It is possible that the glued in paper from an early piece > of manuscript or publication was used, that's not a stretch considering that > a lot of Bach's manuscripts were used to wrap fish in, or so the story goes. > Printed or manuscript music from this period is precious to us, but a couple > of hundred years ago it was salvageable garbage useful for the purpose we > see here. > > I still think the sound board, neck with metal frets, and peg box are > essentially modern additions, no latter than the Nineteenth-Century. The > real issue is whether the instrument is worth the money as a collectible > antique, which I doubt, or whether it is worth the money as a playable Lute, > which I really doubt. I will be the first to admit that I know little or > nothing of some of the other instruments being discussed here, but if I > remember the original post correctly the question was concerning a Lute. > This is not a Lute as it is now configured. Neither is a Hurdy Gurdy, which > as I understand it was an instrument many of which were made from old Lute > bowels. > > The point is, having parts from an original 1733 Lute on some non-descript > instrument of questionable attribution or date, does not make it a 1733 > Lute. I do not see how that argument can be disputed. If the instrument is > being sold as an original 1733 Lute then it is a fraud and a very bad one > seeking to take advantage of the less knowledgeable. > > Vance Wood. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob Dorsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'Ed Durbrow'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'LuteNet list'" > <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 10:53 AM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: 1733 ebay lute for a mere ... > > > > Yes, "curiouser and curiouser" as Alice said. > > > > Rob Dorsey, Luthier > > Florence, KY USA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ed Durbrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2006 2:38 AM > > To: LuteNet list > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: 1733 ebay lute for a mere ... > > > > > > On Apr 8, 2006, at 1:25 AM, Caroline Usher wrote: > > > > > At 12:01 PM 4/7/2006, Rob Dorsey wrote: > > > It is interesting, however, that a piece of paper glued above the > > > label (a rib seam tape?) is what appears to be early tablature. > > > The scrap of paper above the label looks like black notation to me, > > > not tablature. > > > Caroline > > > > I agree. What are the chances of using paper from a couple of centuries > > earlier for lute lining? > > > > Ed Durbrow > > Saitama, Japan > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > > >
