Am 15 Dec 2003 um 14:36 hat BobClair or EkkoJennings geschrieben:
> As to the origins - the Moors were extremely advanced practitioners of > the art of ornamental symmetry. Perhaps, bored with the sight of an > open hole, they covered it with an ornamental grill work. This just > became a visual tradition that was carried over into the lute. (Much > as most modern guitars are made with a ring of ornamental marquetry > around their soundholes as a matter of course.) I heard this has acoustical reasons, together with a thicker soundboard around the hole the inlay influences the sound. At least I think this is what I read about Torres' guitars. Stephan
