Dear Luca, That theorbo could likely had been built by Pietro’s son Giovanni (Zuane) Giovanni Railich, son of Pietro, almost never used his own fire mark. Apart from a colascione (Collezione Correr, Venice) signed Giovanni Railich / Lautaro in Padova, all the instruments built in their workshop have the same fire brand of Pietro Railich P+R.
Matthias Klotz, a pupil of Pietro, worked there for many years, the other luthiers active in the workshop, at least between 1678 and 1702, were Ventura Mancini and Bartholomeo Mauro. Best wishes, Davide > Il giorno 17 ago 2019, alle ore 18:34, Luca Manassero <l...@manassero.net> ha > scritto: > > Dear common wisdom, > seven years ago I had the opportunity to buy a theorbo from a German > friend: it had been built by Hendrik Hasenfuss in 1993 and has a very > nice bowl made of 35 ribs of yew. > Looking for the model, I think I came to a theorbo built by Pietro > Raillich in Padova, possibly around 1655 (strung as 6x1, 8x2). The > original seems to be on display in Rome at the Museo Nazionale degli > Strumenti Musicali, where it is (erroneously?) indicated as being built > in 1702, which sounds odd to me, as of the nearly 47 years Pietro > Raillich spent in Padova, that is the year of his death... > The only picture displayed on Museum's site is so small to be almost > unreadable. > Does anybody have readable pictures of the 1655 instrument and/or some > more infos? Mine measures 82.5cm and 167cm, which would match the > Raillich's model. > Thank you in advance, > Luca > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
