Ron: interesting. Very pretty. Its small body makes it look very similar to an "Englsih" guittar. Brad
ron fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Greetings, I have posted photos on my website of a small Portuguese guitarra I own (circa 1890) made in Lisbon by João Miguel Andrade and imported into England by Alban Voigt who published an English language method for playing the Portuguese guitarra. Have a look at this instrument. It is probably relevant to the discussion of mandolins. It is made of Brazilian Rosewood, spruce and ebony. I re-repaired cracks and French polished the instrument. I made a nearly identical new bridge based on the original one which was slightly cracked. The tuners are interesting because they can be turned by hand or by a special wrench. By the new year I will post photos of other Portuguese guitarras I have collected. The location for the photos is: http://fernandezmusic.com/Andrade_Guitarra.html Regards, Ron Fernández Irvine, California www.fernandezmusic.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com --
