The viola da mano which Alexander Batov made from a painting is a most beautiful instrument. The sound is exceptionally good - ideal for music by Francesco da Milano. You can see pictures at
http://www.vihuelademano.com/viola-da-mano/daiLibri.htm There will be one of these violas at the Lute Society weekend in Oxford in a couple of days' time, if anyone wants a closer look. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Stuart Walsh Sent: 17 August 2010 21:54 To: wikla Cc: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Francesco and flat back lute? wikla wrote: > Thanks Daniel and Edward, > > I know that only very few Spanish vihuelas exists today. Did any Italian > version manage to survive? And has any modern luthier tried to recreate > those Italian "hand violas"? > > Arto > > Alexander Batov has. http://www.vihuelademano.com/index.html And here also: http://www.anselmus.ch/fr/guitares/guitare_general.htm#signet_01 The violas with deeply incurved sides look very attractive I think. Stuart To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
