12-04-2016, 05:42 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Edinburgh, bonny Scotland
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Steve DeRosa
FYI archtops were considered virtuoso instruments in their day (there was a whole school of classical and classically-influenced music that grew up around them between the wars, and it has been argued that only Segovia's sensational American debut in 1928 prevented them from becoming the accepted concert instrument)
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The interesting story of Segovia, Groucho Marx, and a Gibson L5
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