> Speaking of body shape - aren't there English guitars with vaulted backs > built of parallel staves, like the Boehm Waldzithern? To keep terminology clear:Boehm strictly built (nearly) flat backs of two pieces like the Guitarra Portuguese/English Guittar.Boehm never built any vaulted back, that is the Markneukirchen/Voigtland style with a Hamburgian tuner. They did it for a louder sound.The Boehm sound, given the fact that he used 20 % lesser string tension than nowadays is more like an English Guittar. He did not need loudness, he had clubs of 30 to 100 Waldzither players...... And I have a wish to all of you: could you please name new subjects, when the subject has already changed? Instead of re: re: re: re: Cabrals answer .......'go for a drink', 'Hee hee, ha ha' , 'Rob's Guittar', 'Gibson tuner'..... (for example) - it would give the mail flood a more detailed structure Thanks Martina --
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