30 May 12 - 07:04 AM (#3357178) Subject: Parker Instruments From: alex s Scott Mann has sent me some great photos of instruments made by John H Calvert Parker from around 1890 to 1930 in Montreal and Vermont. Many look just like the (so-called) Irish bouzoukis and Sobell citterns which were heralded as modern inventions/adaptations. Just shows: there's nowt new.... (For French Canadians - plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose) |
30 May 12 - 08:51 AM (#3357208) Subject: RE: Parker Instruments From: Richard Bridge I was expecting this to be about the Parker Fly and similar modern electric guitars - which look a bit odd but sound very good indeed. |