It looks like one, indeed. Although 'John' sounds not a portuguese name, there are at least two luthiers in Portugal in the 19th century with the name 'Reis'. There are several portuguese guitars in the 19th century with that kind of tuning mechanism (no Preston machine).
Martina "Doc Rossi" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > This may be a 19c portuguese guitarra. > > http://cgi.ebay.nl/Vintage-old-antique-mandolin-John-J- > Reis-1884_W0QQitemZ280122674707QQihZ018QQcategoryZ10179QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewI > tem > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > --
