>And many years ago - before the main early music revival and
>Ovation-Maccaferro (Sp?) made a serious plastic guitar.
>Maccafero, of course, was the luthier made famous by Django Rheinhardt.
Very correct, Daniel, although it would have been more germane to the
point if you had also mentioned Macc
Ray and others
I own a plastic Maccaferri ukulele. Apparently there were about 9
million of them sold (says Wikipedia). The 'chord-finder' gadget is
not moulded onto the neck, but attaches with little hooks and straps.
It is a real instrument, loud, bright, and has good intonation. By the
way: I
On Fri, May 15, 2009, William Brohinsky said:
> Earlier in the renaissance revival, George Kelischek engineered
> inexpensive krummhorns using ABS plastic and plastic reeds. They were
> far cheaper than wooden krummhorns, and were intended to be quite
> popular with schools and amateur groups.
H
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 4:19 PM, wrote:
> In this very list we have admitted on several occaisions that there is a
> need for inexpensive playable instruments. Give this fellows ideas some
> room, he just might be able to pull it off - and better for him to do so
> with honest advice.
Fair eno
Didn't know about the reeds, but I did have to
glue a cracked, plastic uke back together once
during my unfortunate year as a repair drone in a
really 2nd rate guitar dealer/repair shop. As to
the germanery of plastic reeds, we have been
struggling for the past 30 years or more to get
out fro
On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM, Daniel Winheld wrote:
> It's starting to sound a little Star Trekkish- "Computer, (Patrick Stewart's
> voice) eight course Frei tenor, 62 cm. SL, A-415 pitch standard, and a dry
> martini, please."
Earl grey, you mean.
David - hidden trekky: boldy gowing forward
On May 16, 2009, at 6:00 PM, lute...@aol.com wrote:
> Dear all
>
> I won't be able to reply to emails, send out orders etc between
> 16th and 24th May, as, God willing, I will be playing
> accompaniments for singers on a boat in Venice between those dates.
> In the meantime here are some details
