ON Sunday, December 02, 2007 8:45 PM Alexander Batov wrote:
Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Preston tuner history
In this case there is absolutely no doubt that the neck is original, not
spliced etc and is originally designed to house the watch-key mechanism
(not
branded in any way, as is in case with Prestons). There is an inscription
in
ink on the capping strip: "Hoffmann, London 1758".
Here it is:
http://www.vihuelademano.com/current/pages/guittar-hoffmann1758.htm
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