Hi all, Looks a lot like a really nicely done guitar-lute. I have a number of them and the peg head and apparent almost black color of the ribs are the only 'unusual for guitar-lute' aspects. Best, Steve
"Mathias Rösel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7331352015 >> >> whatever the neck and sound board may be, the belly once upon a time was >> of a baroque lute. > How are you so certain, Mathias? Do you know this piece itself? no. to be sure, I don't get any royalties for this :) > At first look, the whole appears to me to be consistent with quality > lauten/guitar-lutes of the early Wandevogel era. well, by and large that may be so. The pegbox is a bit exceptional, perhaps (no bent pegboxes on wandervogel lutes, usually). However, if you take a closer look to the back of the belly you will notice a difference. The shape of the belly is more oblong, and the ribs resemble those e. g. of a Stegher lute much more, than those of wandervogel lutes. I don't know the intrument myself, but I was startled at the pictures. Best, Mathias -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
