Bravo, Stuart!
On 12/01/2014 23:06, WALSH STUART wrote:
As you say:
"quite heavily built and rather odd designs". Presumably the makers in
Pakistan - or wherever - are simply meeting the brief thay have been
given. Ebay 'lute' is flooded with these things: odd, bizarre, heavily
built, 'needs
On 12/01/2014 13:21, Geoff Gaherty wrote:
On 12/01/14 12:42 AM, heiman.dan...@juno.com wrote:
Instrument(s) for sale:http://bit.ly/1ddztq7 If I count correctly,
this instrument has1 single chanterelle + 4 double courses on the
fingerboard9 single courses on the extension. Is there any
historica
Hi, Daniel, Geoff, and all.
I believe current thinking is that this is a version of a "chitarrone
francese". Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris offer their version in
their catalog (No. 21):
[1]http://www.lutesandguitars.co.uk/htm/cat10.htm with the famous
painting and a concise sta
On 12/01/14 12:42 AM, heiman.dan...@juno.com wrote:
Instrument(s) for sale:http://bit.ly/1ddztq7 If I count correctly,
this instrument has1 single chanterelle + 4 double courses on the
fingerboard9 single courses on the extension. Is there any
historical, modern or practical justification for th
That's an archguitar or theorboed baroque guitar, there's a small repertoire
for it out there, but, if i recall correctly, really only a small subset of the
baroque guitar repertory.
A video may be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNJaYInbbhs
Edward Chrysogonus Yong
edward.y...@gma