Dar Bill, I suspect that Solis and Bracamonte were duped as well; acording to Dr. Prem the "original" document is found at a private archive (Archivo Condumex) at Mexico.
Best wishes, antonio --- bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > here's a nice piece of buddhist logic for you: > > of the various parts which make up a vihuela - > waisted > sound chamber, neck, bridge, strings, etc. - is > there > one element that distinguishes it from any other > chordaphone? > > assuming it's not one part that turns any > chordaphone > into a - "ping!" - vihuela but the inter-dependence > of > all its parts ... i'd like to ask if it becomes > something else if i remove one of its strings? > > it wouldn't be suited for playing the 'magnificent > seven' compositions any more but would it still be a > vihuela? > > what if i removed the baroque filigree? ... expanded > its waist a little or made it smaller? ... carved it > from a single piece of wood instead of assembling it > from many? ... would it be any less of a vihuela if > it > retained all the constituent parts of an > acknowledged > vihuela but was 33'' long with 5 courses? > > most charango sources i've read acknowledge its > vihuela origin but insist that something happened to > merit its new name. what? ... when? ... is what we > have now significantly different from what it > started > out as? > > to eugene and antonio - > > i understand the infinitely patient eugene's > argument > against calling a charango a vihuela - historical > precedent ... cause confusion ... luthier respect > ... > etc. - and i want you to know i'm going to follow > that > logic when next i ask the bolivians why they give us > that awful name. > > and antonio ... i'm still too embarrassed to say > anything to you, really ... but the two people > mentioned by prof. prem - gabriela solís robleda and > pedro bracamonte y sosa - did they fake the document > or were they duped as well? > > ciao - bill > > pluck a piriah vihuela ... > http://groups.google.com/group/charango > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > To help you stay safe and secure online, we've > developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. > http://uk.security.yahoo.com > ___________________________________________________________ WIN ONE OF THREE YAHOO! VESPAS - Enter now! - http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/features/competitions/vespa.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
