This looks like a rather typical 'master piece' by Leopoldo Franciolini
(late-19th - early-20th century dealer and forger). Although there is a
view that he occasionally used some genuine parts from old instruments
(personally, I very much doubt he did), there is nothing original on
this one, s
Hi Lute people -
I was contacted by Bill E who owns this theorbo like instrument, and he is
wondering if
any of you folk have any idea what its story is. I have his story and pictures
of it at
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/bill-e/index.html
The pictures are quite big. You can r
