[LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes

2019-09-29 Thread Tristan von Neumann
a blessing. RA __ From: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu on behalf of Francesco Tribioli Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 10:08 AM To: 'David van Ooijen' Cc: 'Lute List' Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thomann Canter

[LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes

2019-09-29 Thread Ron Andrico
essing. RA __ From: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu on behalf of Francesco Tribioli Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 10:08 AM To: 'David van Ooijen' Cc: 'Lute List' Subject: [LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes Exactly. In my opinion the right violatio

[LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes

2019-09-20 Thread David Van Edwards
Yes, there is sometimes that sort of issue with Chinese firms. I was once contacted by a Chinese firm offering to sell cheap baroque bows and the image they used was one of my own bows which they'd scraped off my website! I think there is also a similar parallel trade in the Pakistani lutes

[LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes

2019-09-20 Thread Francesco Tribioli
ew years is the same standard, cheap instruments, maybe good enough but without personality. Francesco > -Messaggio originale- > Da: lute-...@new-old-mail.cs.dartmouth.edu mail.cs.dartmouth.edu> Per conto di David van Ooijen > Inviato: venerdì 20 settembre 2019 11:00 > Cc: Lute

[LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes

2019-09-20 Thread David van Ooijen
Well put. Gibson has some of their designs patented. You can copy an ES335, but you are not allowed to copy the shape of the shoulders, the shape of the top of the headstock, the shape of the trussrod cover and the Gibson logo and name. I suppose LDD has a patent on their logo, but

[LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes

2019-09-20 Thread Ralf Mattes
Am Freitag, 20. September 2019 11:00 CEST, David van Ooijen schrieb: >I think the author of the video is too quick in accusing Thomann >instead of the Chinese supplier. I think the author of said video might be up for an unpleasant surprise - he's accusing Thomann of a crime. He

[LUTE] Re: Thomann Canterella and LLD lutes

2019-09-20 Thread David van Ooijen
I think the author of the video is too quick in accusing Thomann instead of the Chinese supplier. Chinese suppliers of copied instruments often use the pictures from the originals, and not form their own work. If you go internet shopping for a cheap Chinese Gibson, Fender or fancy