A very suspicious looking lute, looks like someone concerted it to an oud. Who knows, maybe there is some original wood in it, but I wouldn't buy it on the basis of the picture. dt
At 11:23 AM 1/27/2010, you wrote: >No, the neck profile on it was definitely of much older origin. >RT >----- Original Message ----- From: "Alexander Batov" ><[email protected]> >To: "Roman Turovsky" <[email protected]> >Cc: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 2:19 PM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: A mandora by Hoffmann (1733) on eBay? > > >>They are as authentic as those of any other Lautenguitarre or the >>like, not to say that dreary varnish on the back that has nothing >>to do with Joh. Christian Hoffmann whatsoever! >> >>I just wish somebody would buy it as firewood so that it will >>eventually perish from the net ... but then you might just as well >>burn your money :) >> >>AB >> >>Roman Turovsky wrote: >>>As I recall from a different set of photos of the same instrument >>>that were circulated 1-2 years ago: >>>the shell and neck from the rear looked pretty old and authentic. >>>The soundboard is new for sure. >>>RT >> >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
