Martina: Do you have a clearer photo of the fan tuners on that one? Brad
Martina Rosenberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thank you Stuart, there we are, back on Portuguese terrain. If this instrument is a PG, then it is a yet unknown, undescribed link between the old odd head and the fan mechanic. The Portuguese site you came across shows a construction drawing of a German Waldzither to 'proof' that the PG was influenced by the German Waldzither. But it is the other way round. C. H. B=F6hm definitely copied the Portuguese Guittar in 1898 to create a new prototype of the 20th century cittern in Germany. I've put the photo on cittern cafe now. Martina "Stuart Walsh" schrieb: > Martina Rosenberger wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've found a very rare bite to chew: > > > > http://www.cetrapublishing.com/citterncafe/ > > > > a six-course cittern with the sizes of a small 19th cent. guitarra > > portuguesa, a 12 string Preston tuner and was obviously changed into a > > triple strung mandolin later. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > The discussion could as well be done on the cittern cafe site, it only > > needs to register first. > > > > happy new year > > Martina > > > > > Just added a comment. > > > Stuart > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > > -- --------------------------------- Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. --
