Of course I meant “Nico” not Nice !!! Sorry ! And the German lutenist Nico is 
living with is Sigrun Richter. I visited them in Italy last summer and played a 
duet concert there with Sigrun. They are very nice people!
Best,
Jean-Marie

> Le 16 mars 2018 à 08:23, Jean-Marie Poirier <jmpoiri...@wanadoo.fr> a écrit :
> 
> 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
>>> 
>>> 
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>>> 
>> 
>> 
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