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RE: Cultural Origins Of The Modern G... (in reply to dformell)
Hello Everybody,
A couple of people have requested a copy of the C.O.M.G. article but there was trouble sending due to file size limits with their email servers. The article - in PDF format - has been uploaded to the following:
RE: Cultural Origins Of The Modern G... (in reply to dformell)
Hi Everybody,
Here's an interesting photo of a gypsy group. La Zambra from 1890. The guitarist has, what looks like, a guitar with a rosewood body. The picture supports Mr. Brune's argument that prior to the 1930's there was no distinction between flamenco a classical guitars, just cheap and expensive models.
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RE: Cultural Origins Of The Modern G... (in reply to dformell)
Thank you for the picture! I just love sinking into historical photographies and trying to figure mentality of the time in question, reflected through postures and facial expressions. ( Interestingly, the mood in this very picture seems quite modern already.)
I used to fancy Torres´ guitar shape with a bit deeper corpus just like with todays classical guitars, as with this one for instance:
Whereas the specimen in the photography you provided features a shallow corpus, accomodating flamenco demands like still today.
Ruphus
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