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Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on June 1, 2012 at 3:58pm

Awesome, I like that tight waist line. You are deep into history :-) The shape was developped by Johann Georg Stauffer (1778-1853).  One of his employees, C.F. Martin, later founded Martin guitars in the U.S. and used the machine heads which his former boss had developped. Please comment on the sound (the Viennese shape was described as being "war, full and sonorous")

I got a git as a gift from a flee market, here's a pic http://handmademusic.ning.com/photo/110-year-old-viennese-guitar?co... Unfortunately not a Stauffer.. ;-)

Comment by Dave Lynas on May 30, 2012 at 9:51pm

Holly cow, I think I'm in Lap Steel Heaven. This is a beauty. Photo after photo today of lap steels. Wow, I love it!