I've just got back from a family trip to Amsterdam. What a beautiful place! Found a haven for old guitars, citterns, and various Asian instruments: www.palmguitars.nl
One of the thousand or so instruments on display was a pristine Dublin Gibson 'guittar' from c.1765. I immediately enquired about the price, only to be told that it was the one instrument not for sale! The guy, Soren Venema, thinks that Orville Gibson of THEE Gibson guitars is related to the Dublin Gibson. And he further believes that, if he is right, he is sitting on a fortune, as he has 'the earliest Gibson guitar'... Well...I actually don't have proof that he is wrong! Does anyone? Rob To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
