[BAROQUE-LUTE] Johann Christian Hoffman n, 14 course swan-neck lute in Leipzing

2018-02-12 Thread Luca Manassero
Dear common wisdom, a couple of years ago I stumbled upon the Leipzig Museum website, planned to visit their Hoffman exhibition (but had to pass on it, unfortunately) - then one day realized that the pictured Hoffmann swan-neck lute they recently acquired (2012, says the YouTube

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2018-02-12 Thread mjlh...@cs.dartmouth.edu
Dear Martyn I am sorry to have denied you the opportunity to fully reply to my message of 31 Jan and its various inconsistencies and 'misrepresentations'. I prefer to consider my inconsistencies and “misrepresentation”s as an attempt to keep an open mind and examine different ideas about what

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Johann Christian Hoffman n, 14 course swan-neck lute in Leipzing

2018-02-12 Thread David Van Edwards
I measured it many years ago. handwritten label: Joh: Christ: Hoffmann // Königl. Poln: und Churfl. // Sächs. Jnstrument // und Lautenmacher. // Leipzig, 1720. //. plus a repair label by Hoffmann dated 1732 Therefore conceivable that the swan neck was added then, but Hoffmann is usually

[BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: Johann Christian Hoffman n, 14 course swan-neck lute in Leipzing

2018-02-12 Thread Mike Peterson
Is this the video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8IVOmPOvjI Mike P > On Feb 12, 2018, at 1:18 PM, Mathias Rösel wrote: > > In the video, Sven tells the kid that it is a lute built in 1727. > > Mathias > > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: