I'd say the bridge placement and shell's wood choice and spacers look WV as do the inlaid frets. On the other hand, the depth of the shell and lack of the funky endclasp make me wonder. Interesting pegwork on the 1st and 9th courses. Weren't WV strings traditionally held behind the bridge w/ a button arrangement? Might it be a Wandervogel w/ some custom work?
Wasn't there a similar instrument on the cover of a record album of Respighi's Ancient Airs in the 70's? Sean On Jan 21, 2006, at 7:27 AM, Daniel F Heiman wrote: > Matthias: > > As currently set up, this has 14 courses, not 13. There are nine on > the > fingerboard, of which the top two are single. > > Daniel > > On 21 Jan 2006 09:54 GMT =?ISO-8859-1?b?Ik1hdGhpYXMgUvZzZWwi?= > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >>> The bridge position is very WV like... >> >> yes, indeed. Much too close to the rose. On the other hand, if you >> closely look at the pictures at ebay's, you'll discover the spot on >> the >> soundboard along the chanterelle where players would put their >> pinkies. >> Which suugests that the instrument has been dealt with as a German >> baroque lute. >> >> Wandervogel lutes are usually single strung and have six strings >> over >> the fretboard. Additional bass strings amount up to four (i. e. >> totalling ten strings). Usually, that is. My last buy has twelve >>> :) >> -- >> Best, >> >> Mathias >> >> http://de.geocities.com/mathiasroesel >> http://mathiasroesel.livejournal.com >> >>>> "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: >>>>> EastGerman, >>>> >>>> how do you know? >>>> >>>>> from the 60's, >>>> >>>> how do you...? >>>> >>>>> Wandervogel in disguise....... >>>> >>>> well, that one's for sure: no. Double courses, u-c. Could call >> it a nice >>>> try, though >B) >>>> -- >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Mathias >>>> >>>> http://de.geocities.com/mathiasroesel >>>> http://mathiasroesel.livejournal.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>> To whom it concerns: Apparently, there is a 13c lute, swan >> neck style, >>>>>> for sale at ebay's: >>>>>> >>>>>> >> > http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&item=7383554505&ssPageName=A > DME:B:SS:DE:1 >> -- >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > >
