To me it looks even inspired by aboriginal art Greet -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] Namens Alexander Batov Verzonden: maandag 2 februari 2015 1:01 Aan: wayne cripps; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Onderwerp: [LUTE] Re: Can you tell something about this instrument?
This looks like a rather typical 'master piece' by Leopoldo Franciolini (late-19th - early-20th century dealer and forger). Although there is a view that he occasionally used some genuine parts from old instruments (personally, I very much doubt he did), there is nothing original on this one, so both dates are irrelevant. If I remember correctly, there is a very similar sort of 'oddity' in the Museu de la Musica, Barcelona; also with inlaid body and early date. Alexander On 01/02/2015 21:29, wayne cripps wrote: > Hi Lute people - > > I was contacted by Bill E who owns this theorbo like instrument, > and he is wondering if any of you folk have any idea what its story > is. I have his story and pictures of it at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute/bill-e/index.html > > The pictures are quite big. You can reply to > eichbaumwill...@hotmail.com > > Wayne > > > you can reply to eichbaumwill...@hotmail.com > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
