Martina sent me the following email. She tried to send it to the cittern list, but it was rejected because it carried an attachment of three photographs. Please remember for security reasons these lists do not allow attachments. I have placed the photos on my website:
http://www.rmguitar.co.uk/gibson.htm Rob MacKillop Original email from Martina: Hallo, last Weekend I spent in Dresden to meet Pedro Cabral and Wolfgang Meyer. Wolfgang Meyer gave me the three photographs of his Gibson, a five course instrument as described. Inside you see the little wooden ledge that is the underconstruction of the soundpost. The glued-on bridge could be a later construction along with the five-course decision. Along with the (not original) sound post. (as we discussed before) As a soundpost is significant for instruments played with a bow, is there a period, when some luthier would make use of the long string length and make a five -course cittern-cello? The signature looks like "Will Gibson, Dublin". The instrument itself is in a sad condition, the back eaten by wood-worms.... Martina To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
