Dear Cittern Friends,
I've just had some terrible news from a luthier friend in Rome,
Roberto Gabrielli. He was putting the finishing touches on a new
cittern for me - a copy of the the Gibson of Dublin. He arrived home
last night to find that his workshop had been broken into, and not
being able to break into his house from there, most of Rob's tools
were stolen and the culprit took revenge on the cittern - it was found
in the garden completely destroyed. He hasn't found the neck yet.
Fortunately, so he tells me, he hadn't mounted the tuners yet - that
is really all that's left of it. An instrument that he was restoring
was also missing
I was just about to go to Rome to collect the cittern - I've been
looking forward to it for more than a year. I feel terrible - but not
nearly as badly as Rob is feeling now. He really has to start from
scratch, and not just on my cittern.
Thanks for listening,
Doc
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