Bonjour Henry, I don't know the answer - I have seen Jacques' name spelled both as "Grandchamp" and as "Grandchamps". A picture of a vielle by Jacques from 1980 is on Wikipedia <http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vielle_%C3%A0_roue>, and looks very much like my vielle, which was built in the same time period by Jean Noel. If anyone knows more information about these two makers, I for one would love to hear it!
les meilleurs voeux, Robert Resnik On Wed, Jul 26, 2006, Henry Boucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Bonjour Robert , > > I am your " voisin " from Qu�bec . > > Sorry if this does sound like a private message , actually it is > of general interest ,.... well... sort of ... > > Is Jean No�l Grandchamps related to Jacques Grandchamps ? > > Henry > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] a �crit : > >>Hello all. My name is Robert Resnik, and I live in Burlington, Vermont, >>USA. For the past year I have been the proud owner of a lute-back gurdy >>built by Jean-Noel Grandchamps in the early 1980s, and am proud to report >>that I can usually keep it in good working order (particularly now that >>there is enough humidity so that many of the tangents don't spin like a >>top when I try to play!) I love the playing of Nigel Eaton, and was also >>inspired to play the gurdy by Daniel Thonon and Nicolas Boulerice. >> >>Speaking of the Grandchamps gurdy, this instrument was apparently imported >>by a man in California named Arrigo D'Albert, who, it appears, removed the >>original Grandchamps label from the lid and put his own name on a label >>inside the instrument. If anyone has a vielle built by Jean-Noel >>Grandchamps that has an original label, I would very much appreciate it if >>I caould get a digital photograph of the label so I can duplicate it and >>reinstall it on my lid! >> >> >>Thanks and best wishes, >> >>Robert Resnik >> >> -- This message has been scanned by MailScanner
