>> Arto, I am honored by the effort and energy you have put into your research. >> RT >> ______________ >>> lappish lutenist or something like that, see >>> http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/u/wikla/mus/sautsekki.jpg > > There is more enlightment on the aforementioned daguerrotype: > In the middle of the 19th century there was a mainly Ukrainan > expedition researching the life and habits of the Lapps in the > very north of Finland. Amongst them was one, who carried a strange > instrument with him. The Lapps called the instrumet "torpaani". > That man had certain success amongst the young maidens. The > daguerrotype was taken about 30 years later of one man, of whom they > said that the man has no father. Actually they said this about him RETROACTIVELY, after two dozen of these maidens turned out to be pregnant. RT
The man was called strangely by > name "Sautsekki". > > Arto To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
