On 19/02/2019 08:30, wrote:
Nick Odell wrote:

wrote:
...last week, abandoned.

https://imagehost.vendio.com/a/30377...w/violins2.JPG

The bottom one has a label inside, says 1939 copy
of Savart's Trapezoid (orig. made in 1820).
The top one looks like an experimental fantasy.
It's the middle one that looks like a real antique,
but the neck looks more like a guitar until you get
to the head. ??

Fascinating. Do you have any other pictures? Or even a higher res
version of that one? My email address works if you don't want to post to
a site.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/192828563687

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153381812688

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153381825495


The middle one looks as if it is meant to be based on a dulcimer (note
the flat fingerboard, the modal fret intervals higher up and the slots
in the nut) but the piercings interest me. An American acoustical
researcher and builder, Carleen Mayley Hutchins, used to experiment with
apparently odd-ball piercings, blocking them up in different sequences
to analize the way they altered the sound.

I have lots of half-finished acoustic experiments littered around the
place so it's a person after my own heart, so to speak. Love to know more.

Thanks for that. Yes, really intriguing. All the best with the sales!

Nick