just remind that many of the so-called "RA 1/4ckers" harpsichords are
18th falsifications, eventually incorporating some pieces of an
authentic one to make them more...authentic
--- En date de : Jeu 5.2.09, Anthony Hind <[email protected]> a
A(c)crit :
De: Anthony Hind <[email protected]>
Objet: [LUTE] Re: [LUTE] Re: was trench fill [fake?] now exact
replica
A: "David Tayler" <[email protected]>, "lute List"
<[email protected]>
Date: Jeudi 5 FA(c)vrier 2009, 11h20
Do you mean the very early fakes, in which a lesser known lutemaker
added a famous name to make them worth more, possibly when Baroquing
a lute?
Anthony
Le 5 fA(c)vr. 09 A 11:24, David
Tayler a A(c)crit :
> I'm talking about the fakes that no one knows are fakes--the thirty
> percent that we know must be fakes, but we don't know which ones
> they are.
> The ones you are speaking of were the former exact replicas, not the
> present ones.
> dt
>
> At 03:03 PM 2/4/2009, you wrote:
>> No, it hasn't! The fakes you are talking about (well, assuming I
>> understand you correctly, such as all those 'Franciolini's and
the
>> like) are blooming obvious fakes and have nothing to do with
'exact
>> replicas'. Although, curiously enough, they were considered as
such
>> and / or genuine originals some 30+ years ago and perhaps even now
>> ... in some remote corners of the globe. Anyway, I wouldn't in any
>> way be taking 'historical' fakes into consideration here but
quite
>> exact, shall I say, subtle things. And
in no way I'm trying to
>> discourage anybody from buying an 'exact replica' nowadays if
there
>> is one up for grabs. One gets what one believes in.
>>
>> Alexander
>>
>> David Tayler wrote:
>>> Let's assume that 30 percent of these old instruments are
fakes,
>>> which is a reasonable assumption. Maybe the number is higher,
maybe
>>> it is lower. But a good percentage of them are fakes, of course.
>>> Then it is possible to make an exact replica, because it has
>>> already been done.
>>> dt
>>
>>
>>
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