Chad actually did make mention of a possible origin. I bought it on eBay many years ago where it was listed as "mandolin-guitar thing" or similar. Much of its construction and its original case implies East Germany, ca. late 1960s-mid 1980s. Chad speculates the original may have been by Hans Jordan or an emulator. There really is very little left of the original now.
Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: Garry Bryan [mailto:gar...@netins.net] > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 6:24 PM > To: Eugene C. Braig IV > Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] A new-to-me vihuela > > Greetings Eugene! > > Nice looking instrument. One thing you didn't mention ( nor did Chad > Neal) was anything about the instrument's origin. I , at least, am > curious about where you stumbled across the vihuela in the first place. > You might post a quick note to the list about that. I'm sure it's an > interesting tale ( unless it has anything to do with Mangrove killifish > >:) ) > > All the best, > > Garry > > > > Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > Greetings fellow punteadophiliacs: > > > > > > Nothing to tickle your scholarly mental muscles, but I'm a bit > excited > > so thought I'd share. After years of inaudible unplayability, my > > quirky speculative vihuela has returned to me, artfully brought to > > functionality by Ohio luthier and Dartmouth list lurker Mr. Chadwick > > Neal. Nothing is left of the original but the maple of the shell and > > ebony of the fingerboard. The new soundboard is a North American > > hybrid, Lutz spruce, and I am really quite pleased with the sound and > > look. Chad has a bit of a write up here: > > > > [1]http://www.neallutes.com/ > > > > > > I'm happy to receive commentary: good, bad, and indifferent. > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Eugene > > > > > > > > -- > > > > References > > > > 1. http://www.neallutes.com/ > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
