Here is a note forwarded from Doug Smith about the Weiss theorbo issue. Nancy Carlin
> > >The Journal of the Lute Society of America is nearly ready to go to >press with a new issue on instruments of Weiss's time. One article >is an illustrated account by Wolfgang Wenke of his and his >colleagues' restoration of the Giovanni Tesler theorbo, which, as >noted in recent posts here, is claimed by Andre Burguete to have >been Weiss's own continuo instrument. > >The editors have long known not only Burguete's article but also the >controversy surrounding his claims. It seemed to us that the unique >instrument itself, with its spectacular shell of 65 shaded yew ribs, >merited close examination, especially since detailed lute >restoration descriptions are rare in the literature. > >Mr. Wenke's article should help focus attention and further research >on 18th-century theorboes, the Tesler instrument in particular, and >the extent to which it may be linked to Weiss. > >Douglas Alton Smith, editor >Journal of the Lute Society of America > > > Nancy Carlin Associates P.O. Box 6499 Concord, CA 94524 USA phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 web site - www.nancycarlinassociates.com Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA web site - http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
