Who is the painting by?
MOnica
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From: EUGENE BRAIG IV brai...@osu.edu
To: Stewart McCoy lu...@tiscali.co.uk
Cc: Lute Net lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 1:03 AM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mandolin at Kedleston Hall
I went digging around the web for a
The painting is by Arthur Devis (1712-1787).
Best,
Eugene
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Monica Hall
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 6:35 AM
To: EUGENE BRAIG IV
Cc: Lutelist
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Mandolin at Kedleston
Has anyone heard from the lutebuilder Larry Brown of Asheville, NC
lately?
His web site is down and he is not answering his business phone and not
returning messages left.
I hope he is OK. I shipped one of my lutes to him with finish problems
to be refinished last January and I
Dear Eugene,
Many thanks indeed. That is an interesting point - that the Neapolitan
mandolin would be a comparatively new instrument for the young lady to
be playing. Just for the record, my friend has told me that the painting
is dated 1754, which is after the first mention of the instrument,
Some time ago, when I went to look at his website, i too noticed its absence.
Further googling brought up the information (reliable?) that he had left lute
making as a profession for one that provided a more reliable income; he would
continue building only his own instruments. But if you sent
I know he sent word by e-mail to a small group of correspondents of several
steel-string guitars he was building for sale, I believe back in January or
February. His site appears to have been down for a while. This also
received a little chat at Ning.
Best,
Eugene
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This is very worrisome indeed.
Mike P
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From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com
To: mb...@comcast.net
Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2010 11:13:47 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Larry Brown
Some time ago, when I
