My sentiments exactly! Lex Op 25 apr 2014, om 23:20 heeft David Morales het volgende geschreven:
> You can translate the full site to your prefered language by using the > flags located in the top-left corner, maybe that could help. > These nine vihuelas are not made by amateur luthiers conducted by a > professional one. The real thing about this project is that all the > vihuelas are made by teenagers, living in a town in Spain, with no > previous idea of how a vihuela looks like or even what instrument it > is... this is about a teacher trying to do something different in his > classroom, with his students, without barely support and tools. > This is about how they get invaluable support from John Griffiths, in > the opposite corner of the earth!, how the students even build the > needed tools, how the Sociedad de la Vihuela gets also involved, and > how Cuerdas Pulsadas offered for free all the needed strings and > frets... among other things. > I think that this is pretty nice! > Kind regards. > > 2014-04-25 15:49 GMT+02:00 R. Mattes <[1][email protected]>: > > On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 10:31:33 +0200, David Morales wrote > >> A few months ago, John Griffiths shared with us a project that was >> brewing in Trujillo (Caceres, Spain) ... The idea was so simple >> that it seems crazy to us: students technology institute >> "Francisco Orellana" were engaged in the construction of nine >> vihuelas, with no previous knowledge of lutherie, without having >> previously known the instrument and barely have materials and >> tools for a work of such magnitude ... > > Maye I miss something utterly obvious (I can't read spanish, so the > link doesn't really provide too much inforamtion for me), but what > is the point of such an experiment? > From what I get, they used some late 15th century paintig as a > modell, > but where did the (rather important) rest come from? John > Griffiths? > The neck/fingerboard/top joint doesn't look like anything I've seen > in early (i.e. pre 1500) viola/vihuela iconography. > But thank's for posting this link. It would be nice to learn a bit > more > about the rationale behind the project. > Cheers, RalfD > > -- > De conformidad con lo dispuesto en la Ley Organica 15/1999 de > Proteccion de Datos de caracter Personal DAVID MORALES DE FRIAS, con > domicilio en Salamanca, C/ Luis Vives, 6 - cuarto, le informa que los > datos de caracter personal que facilite forman parte de un fichero, > responsabilidad del mismo, para la gestion administrativa de los > clientes. En el supuesto de que desee ejercitar los derechos que le > asisten de acceso, rectificacion, cancelacion y oposicion dirija una > comunicacion por escrito a la direccion indicada anteriormente o al > correo electronico [2][email protected] con la referencia > "Proteccion de Datos" incluyendo copia de su Documento Nacional de > Identidad o documento identificativo equivalente. La informacion > contenida en el presente mensaje de correo electronico es confidencial > y su acceso unicamente esta autorizado al destinatario original del > mismo, quedando prohibidos cualquier comunicacion, divulgacion, o > reenvio, tanto del mensaje como de su contenido. En el supuesto de que > usted no sea el destinatario autorizado, le rogamos borre el contenido > del mensaje y nos comunique dicha circunstancia a traves de un mensaje > de correo electronico a la direccion [3][email protected] > > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. mailto:[email protected] > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
