Larry Brown has posted this useful link on Facebook about Leopoldo
Franciolini
[1]https://books.google.es/books?id=_eN1buc3n54C&pg=PT352&dq=franciolin
i+fake+instrument+maker&hl=en&sa=X&ei=d_jPVKfSE4mrU6K4hMgN&vedCIQ6AEwAA
#v=onepage&q=franciolini%20fake%20instrument%20maker&fulse
Well, if one looks long enough on virtually any craft object, they will
eventually come up with some sort of idea that, in their mind, could
have inspired the maker.
In the case of Franciolini though, it's much more down-to-earth, and the
only thing that comes to mind (I came across a couple o
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Van: [3]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu
[mailto:[4]lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
Alexander Batov
Verzonden: maandag 2 februari 2015 1:01
Aan: wayne cripps; [5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Onderwerp: [LUTE] Re: Can you tell something about this instrument?
This looks like a rather
zonden: maandag 2 februari 2015 1:01
Aan: wayne cripps; [5]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Onderwerp: [LUTE] Re: Can you tell something about this instrument?
This looks like a rather typical 'master piece' by Leopoldo Franciolini
(late-19th - early-20th century dealer and forger).
To me it looks even inspired by aboriginal art
Greet
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Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens
Alexander Batov
Verzonden: maandag 2 februari 2015 1:01
Aan: wayne cripps; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Onderwerp: [LUTE] Re: Can you tell
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
