> From: ron fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 09:54:17 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CITTERN] Small Portuguese Guitarra ca. 1890 > > 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 >
Hi Ron; I confess I know nothing of these particular instruments, but if someone were to tell me that instrument was made in the 1940s or 50s (or even 60's for that matter) I'd believe it. Are you sure it's 1890s? That binding looks suspiciously white among other things. That was the first thing I noticed, but the more I look at all it's particulars the more I wonder. Any red flags occur to you'all? I'd just never in the world guess this to be 1890, but I'm perfectly willing to learn new things. Thanks Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
