Yes Nice is alive and well. He is presently making a lute for me which I should receive in October... 8 course after Tieffenbrucker (from a private collection in London). All the best, Jean-Marie
> Le 16 mars 2018 à 04:39, Edward Martin <edvihuel...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > Thanks Daniel. > > Yes, I have that old LP and also the old recording of LeRoy and Paladin he > did on that Goffriller copy. Someone recently told me that Nico van der > Waals is alive, living with a German Lutenist. Since Nico has never used > computers, I shall ask that Lutenist if he/ she knows anything or could ask > him. It seems as though Nico van der Waals is the only person we know of who > has knowledge in this area. > > I will be seeing Amit Peled who has the Pablo Casals Goffriller cello on > Sunday, and I want to tell him about the extant Goffriller lute, assuming > there IS a Goffriller copy anywhere. I hope this is not a hoax, but the claim > was years ago that Paul played his alto lute as a Goffriller copy, but nobody > has documentation now of the existence of a Goffriller lute. > > The plot thickens........ > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Mar 15, 2018, at 10:23 PM, Daniel F. Heiman <heiman.dan...@juno.com> >> wrote: >> >> Ed: >> >> Paul O'Dettes copy of the Goffriller lute was used on this vinyl LP: >> https://www.discogs.com/Paul-ODette-Early-Venetian-Lute-Music/release/10202869 >> However, there is no original lute by Goffriller listed in the >> Lautenweltaddressbuch. >> >> Regards, >> >> Daniel >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf >> Of Edward Martin >> Sent: 15 March, 2018 14:30 >> To: lute net >> Subject: [LUTE] Goffriller >> >> Dear ones, >> >> I reside in Northern Minnesota, and in a few days we will have a cello >> concert performed by Amit Peled, and he is performing on Pablo Casals’ old >> cello by Matteo Goffriller made in 1733. I looked up some information on >> that builder, and he founded the Venice school of violin making and he is >> known mostly for his cellos. Most or all of his surviving instruments are >> accounted for, but all lists contained only violins, violas, cellos, basses. >> No lutes listed. >> >> I seem to recall years ago that Paul O’Dette used to play an alto lute built >> by Nico van der waals, modeled after a lute by Goffriller. I am having a >> difficult time finding anything about extant Goffriller lutes. Does anyone >> know anything about the provenance of an old Goffriller lute? I would like >> to know, as I will be meeting with Amit Pelad, who has Pablo Casals’ >> Goffriller cello. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> > >