Alexander Batov wrote:
I doubt the instrument under question has been discussed in the light of this
particular thread (i.e. 'Preston tuner history') but never mind, Stuart knows
best ... I virtually took this instrument all apart after Taro acquired it from
Art Robb, so it was quite an
I'm pretty sure the Remerius Liessen has a spliced or replaced neck, but
I'm not positive. andy r
On 11/30/07, Alexander Batov [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Andrew,
As an update-correction to my yesterday's post where I mentioned (quote)
The
earliest guittars with watch keys by Preston can
John Cousens always said it was from the use of watch keys - he lent me some
when stringing a Preston guittar and they fitted perfectly. My supposition
would therefore be that the same people who made watch mechanisms in 18thC
London (centre of the industry)made these tuners to P's
Alexander Batov wrote:
There is even more to the story. I came across a number of French cistres
(some with seven-courses) which had watch key tuners without Preston
mark on
them. Were they copied after Preston's, smuggled out of England and
rebranded ...? I very much doubt it.
Apart from
Alexander Batov wrote:
Stuart, I have very little knowledge in the history of EG (Philip
Coggin's article in EM, 1987 is all that I've read so far) and how it
all spread around, either from England to France or vice versa.
Alexander, there is no vice versa. The French took up (improved,
- Original Message -
From: Stuart Walsh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:43 pm
Subject: [VIHUELA] Re: ] Re: Preston tuner history
OK, so this seems to
only
apply to the EG/cistre 'breed' of instruments (just a
metaphor,
Eugene)...
Indeed.
Eugene
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