> --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribi??> > --- bill kilpatrick > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> escribi??> whatever alexander batov calls his >> beautifully made >>>> instrument is fine with me - i call it >> desireable. >>>> >>> >>> >>> So it may be, bill, so it may be. As long as he >> does >>> not claim he is following historical criteria for >>> designing and making it. That put the discussion >> in a >>> totally different perspective. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Antonio >> The best vihuelas I have heard are by Cezar Mateus. >> They are entirely >> original in design, which is fine: there are no >> criteria for any vihuela >> design, except for Cit?e la Musique and Diaz. Both >> are intermittently >> disputed. >> RT > > > I have an excellent vihuela by Lourdes Uncilla, of > original design as well. What distinguishes the work > of both these luthiers from the case in question? > Neither claims to be reproducing a historical model. But neither do they emphasize that their designs are unhistorical. BTW, does your vihuela have those infamous black lines (fake barring) on the inside? RT
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