Early Guitars and Vihuela

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At 6:30 on December 16, 2014, Kenneth A Hartdegen said…

Why thanks a lot Jelma! I am still trying to get used to what you all do on this great site. 

Regards, 

Ken

At 15:50 on August 23, 2014, Dan said…

Thank you Jelma.  Nice of you to send me a greeting.

Dan

At 3:41 on July 9, 2014, Marc S. Silber said…

I am restoring a guitar made 1845-1851 by Henry Anton Schatz, in Boston, USA.

I am looking for a visual and/or dimensions for his origianl design.  This is NOT the typical small Spanish style guitar with 3 fans, but a larger guitar of higher quality with "X" braced top.

any help will be appreciated.

thank you,  Marc Silber

MARC SILBER MUSIC         510-325-0720

BERKELEY, CA.            www.marcsilbermusic.com

At 15:07 on May 1, 2014, Gesine Lübben said…

Thank you Jelma! I look forward to discovering your site!

At 23:36 on April 23, 2014, Eric Meyer said…

I never really played any of my instruments except the one that I specifically  made for myself. I play left handed. I loaned it out to a local  classical player for a while but he didn't take very good care of it so I took it back. I should have sold it but I like to take it out and look at it once in a while. I actually made four Voboam copies and sold three.

I wonder if you know my old friend Gunther Mark. He makes early instruments near Nuremberg, but he lived in Amsterdam at one time. He watched me make that guitar in Portland so many years ago.

At 9:00 on March 20, 2014, Patrick Broekema said…

Hoi Jelma,

Dank voor de hartelijke begroeting op dit forum en voor het aanbieden van je hulp!

Het kan best zijn dat ik nog eens een beroep op je doe ;-).

Veel informatie over Karagantcheff staat inmiddels op mijn website www.karagantcheff.nl. Ik ben nu bezig met het interpreteren van zijn gitaarmuziek en dit komt binnenkort dan ook op de site te staan.

Hartelijke groet,

Patrick  

At 5:14 on March 9, 2014, Ralph Maier said…
Thanks!
At 9:44 on February 23, 2014, Davide B. said…

Thank you!

At 2:33 on February 23, 2014, Gregory Moberg said…

thank you for the warm welcome

At 0:07 on February 22, 2014, Tomas Fiore said…

Hi Jelma, Thank you very much! Regards from Argentina!!

At 20:25 on February 4, 2014, Tom Monaghan said…

"Hi there, it's something i found deep in cyberspace a few weeks ago. I wish it were on an instrument i owned, though it would need a drink or two."

At 13:28 on January 18, 2014, Franz Quendler said…

Dear Jelma, yes quite nice and rare although probably never really playable (frets and string length completely off, difficult neck angle) - made by Ignace Joseph Senft, end of 18thc. This is probably one of only two still extant guitars made by Senft, who was a well known maker of "orgues de clavecins grands et petite et de forte-piano" around 1800. It is still in its (original ?) cardboard case and apart from minor damages due to metal strings in pretty good structural and complete condition. The body is made of wonderful cuban mahagony veneered on the inside with maple. I took off and repaired the broken bridge but have not yet decided how to deal with the neck/string problems.

best regards

Franz Quendler

At 16:17 on January 11, 2014, Myer Rosen said…

Thank you. Jelma. The community looks very interesting.

At 20:25 on December 30, 2013, Elly van Munster said…

Bedankt! Wat een interessante dingen op deze site!

At 13:20 on December 29, 2013, Christopher Challen said…

Dear Jelma, This large guitar was built in 1993 by myself and colleagues in a deserted 12th century Friary in Bristol which I was given the use of. The guitar is based on the 1680 Antonio Stradivari guitar on view in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

This scaled-up copy weighs ¾ ton and is 10 meters from the tip of the pegbox to end pin. One of its most distinguishing features is its responsiveness and wide spectrum of harmonics from the lower two strings, even though the fundamental pitch is sub-sonic on those strings.

It made its debut in 1995 on a live BBC Radio 3 broadcast 'Sound Waves' accompanying jazz saxophonist, Andy Sheppard. This instrument was unfortunately lost at Bristol's Temple Meads Old Station in 2001 before I had a chance to make a case for it. Eyewitnesses have reported seeing it in Italy and also Germany, but its current whereabouts are unknown. If you or anybody you know should come across this instrument I would be very grateful if you would let me know. For further information please see the 1995 Guinness Book of Records.

Regards, Chris.

At 12:01 on December 28, 2013, Christian Schimanski said…
Thank You!
Christian
At 11:35 on December 27, 2013, Christopher Challen said…

Thanks for welcoming me Jelma. I left West Dean in 1987 so I missed you by 5 years! Yes, it was a very spectacular place to live and work.

Kind regards

Chris (Challen)

At 1:36 on December 27, 2013, Ricardo Henrique Serrão said…

Hello Jelma! Many thanks for your welcome. I hope that this site have many information about the universe of guitar and will help to explore history of guitar in brazil!

At 10:23 on December 10, 2013, WOLFGANG PRAXMARER said…

Many thanks, Jelma, for your welcome !

Im am very interested in the discussions and comunication with you and other members.

Best wishes,

Wolfgang

At 14:36 on December 7, 2013, Eldert de Jonge said…

Well, Jelma, dat is nog eens een hartelijk welkom! Dank voor dit bericht

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