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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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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
Thank you Jelma! I look forward to discovering your site!
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.
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
Thank you!
thank you for the warm welcome
Hi Jelma, Thank you very much! Regards from Argentina!!
"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."
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
Thank you. Jelma. The community looks very interesting.
Bedankt! Wat een interessante dingen op deze site!
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.
Christian
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)
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!
Many thanks, Jelma, for your welcome !
Im am very interested in the discussions and comunication with you and other members.
Best wishes,
Wolfgang
Well, Jelma, dat is nog eens een hartelijk welkom! Dank voor dit bericht
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