Hello,
Am 24.02.2007 um 22:11 schrieb Chris Nogy:
For everyone else out there, what was the earliest example of
ornate rosettes and purfling that anyone has found? I know that
cut soundholes are present in the earliest of stringed instruments,
but when did they start getting really fancy?
The Enyclopedia Britannica online writes:
"In Andalusia during the Muslim occupation of Spain (711–1492) the
present form probably emerged, with a separate neck and round sound
hole with a wooden rose (three sound holes are now common)."
(http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9074077/ud)
Simon
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