in talking to some early musicians in california i hear that ren-faire type venues for early music are not what they used to be. i've noticed recently that more lutes are being put up for auction with a three-figure asking price - as opposed to 4 - and today's check of "altro strumenti musicali" on italian ebay reveals that a pricey, medieval viella (bowed), 4 gironde and 2 salterio are on the block.
rough winter was it, generally? dipping into the seed corn? subsequently see that the viella was put up for auction by the luthier who made it - which is indicative in itself as it's ... ebay. http://earlymusiccharango.blogspot.com/ ___________________________________________________________ The all-new Yahoo! Mail goes wherever you go - free your email address from your Internet provider. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
