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At 15:29 on December 6, 2012, Evan Balaban said…: Hi Pat,

The birds are doing fine! I've recently taken up baroque guitar, and I understand you may have a scanned copy of both books by Ferdinando Valdambrini (which I'd like to get my hands on, and I in turn have a digital copy of the Henry Francois de Gallot manscript if you are still looking for one. If you send me your email (mine is evan.balaban@mcgill.ca) I can give you access to the Dropbox folder where the Gallot is stored, and where you could deposit a copy of the Valdambrini if you are so inclined.

Best wishes,

Evan

At 15:21 on August 4, 2012, William Anderson said…: HI Pat--

I have a lute student. Can you get in touch with me at

wanderso@slc.edu

or 914 479 8627

?

At 18:51 on February 25, 2012, Alikalael said…: Mr. O'Brien, thanks for adding me, grettings.

At 19:05 on February 19, 2012, James Westbrook said…: Dear Pat, Remember me, I was asking you about June Yakeley's instruments. I don't know if I actually told you, but I saw them! But I am emailing you today to tell you that I will be at the AMIS conference in May, and wondered if you wanted to go for a drink in the bar in Manhatten that you used to frequent with June? please reply at j@theguitarmuseum.com James

At 19:39 on October 24, 2011, William Anderson said…: Thanks,
Bill Sampson. Susan Hellauer loaned me some gut. I will practice tying with some nylon guitar strings before trying to tie the gur'

I saw a websight that shows how to toe frets.

B

At 13:17 on October 23, 2011, Bill Samson said…: Hi William.

If you haven't got the loose fret fixed before Tuesday, the usual stopgap is to wedge a little bit of matchstick under it to tighten it up.

Bill

At 0:10 on October 23, 2011, William Anderson said…: Dear Pat,
My theorbo frets are in sad shape, and I have a gig on Tuesday. I lost your e-mail, and tel. When my last laptop crashed.
2nd fret was buzzing, and when I tried to rotate the fret a bit, the May I call or email you? My cell--- 914 479 8627
Thanks so much for any advice!

At 23:51 on October 22, 2011, William Anderson said…: Dear Pat,
My theorbo frets are in sad shape, and I have a gig on Tuesday. I lost your e-mail, and tel. When my last laptop crashed.
2nd fret was buzzing, and when I tried to rotate the fret a bit, the May I call or email you? My cell--- 914 479 8627
Thanks so much for any advice!

At 23:18 on April 21, 2011, John Sheehan said…: Hello Patrick .Thanks you for the fine Lute lessons you gave me years ago. It is nice to see you here .Still trying to get the handle on thumb inside tecnique when I can get the chance to play Lute .

Hope you're well

John Sheehan

At 22:33 on November 5, 2010, James Westbrook said…: Dear Pat,
Thank you ever so much for your speedy reply.
I am doing a PhD on Guitar Making of 19th Century London. Many years ago, in my last life I worked for an auction house in London and we sold June a Bambina guitar by Louis Panormo (not one of the Pratten models). I am desperate to trace this guitar and obtain some information.
I have written to Monica via the same way as I did you.
Thank you for the leads.
I guess soon you'll be going to the bar in Manhattan for another drink.
If I track this guitar down, I'll send you some money to have one on me too!
Thank you so much,
James