David: You're very lucky that I didn;'t see that guittar in Toronto before you did. Brad
David Kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Roger E. Blumberg wrote: > > >>From: David Kilpatrick >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 18:53:17 +0100 >>To: "Roger E. Blumberg" >>Cc: cittern >>Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Pedro Cabrals answer >> >>Roger E. Blumberg wrote: >> >> >> >>>I just looked again at Ron's Preston. >>>http://fernandezmusic.com/Images/Andrade%26Preston.gif >>> >>>That really is a substantial chuck of metal! I do see how it would impact >>>the sound. >>> >>>Wonder why the Portuguese neglected to copy that most important bit from the >>>English models (if that's indeed where they got their inspiration from). >>> >>>Do you have a picture of yours I could see? (Ron's is in pretty bad shape). >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>Mine is in fairly good shape, unrestored as far as I can tell except for >>some peculiar woodwork adding an odd shaped headstock in place of the >>Venetian gondola-end normally used. >> >>http://www.maxwellplace.demon.co.uk/pandemonium/guittar.html >> >>I have updated the text, but not the photos. My instrument now has some >>good bone string pins, kindly made by a London-based enthusiast for me, >>along with a replacement pearwood bridge which I have not been able to >>use mainly because before doing so, I would need to get the neck >>carefully straightened, to allow a lower action. It has a slight twist >>which effectively means the bridge has to have an angle, and the action >>must be rather higher than could be possible. >> >>Because I have changed computers and web accounts etc since this - free >>- work of craftsmanship done for me, I have lost the name and details of >>the restorer-luthier who did this, as I would wish to credit him for the >>help. The dilemma with this instrument is that the overall condition is >>actually so good (unlike Rob MacKillop's amazingly war-scarred Smith & >>Broderip!) and the build quality looks 'drawing room' rather than >>functional; it could be expertly restored and French polished to a >>condition almost as new, and it would not be impossible to replate the >>mechanism and clean the rose, and make a correct headstock. It would not >>take much work or expense to see what a brand new English guittar at the >>end of the 18th century looked like hanging in the shop, and the woods >>are lovely, as you can see. >> >>Yet this is entirely the wrong thing to do and it's best just to leave >>it as it is! >> >>David >> >> >> > > >Thanks David. Nice to see some examples of variation among makers, e.g. >yours and Preston's. Now I'll have to hunt down a picture of Rob's -- if any >of his stuff is still online? > > > You missed the link in my page - I photographed Rob and his guittar for one of his CDs a few years back, and it was actually this meeting and seeing Rob's other instruments, which I also photographed, which got me more interested in owning one. It seems I was very lucky to have one come up on eBay within weeks, and to be able to win the top bid against some well-known collectors and players. http://www.maxwellplace.demon.co.uk/pandemonium/mackillop.html Sorry, the pix are a bit smaller than needs be; I do have larger copies. But DSLRs were in their infancy in 2000, and the biggest file are only 2.9 megapixels. I have had a professional digital photo studio since 1995. David -- f2photo: articles, news and reviews - www.f2photo.co.uk To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. --
