oh crap! not this thread again ;-)
Next it will be "did Stradivari actually make them", and then E-richie will post somthing about guitars, and then you all know what happens then!!
Grant McLean Toronto.Ca It's like "planet of the apes" all over again!
From: Richard M Sachs <richardsachs@juno.com> Subject: [CR]was: Baylis Replica frames...now: Strads
snipped: "...much like the viloins of Stradivari. I believe he built around 300 instruments in his life."
he and his staff built nearly 1,200 instruments and
over 600 still exist.
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On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 17:30:31 GMT brianbaylis@juno.com writes:
>
>
> Mike,
>
> Over a period of the next several years I plan to build these
> replicas, thus far:
>
> Confente track bike
> Hetchins Experto Crede Vibrant track bike
> Bianchi "Pokkerissimo" Fausto Coppi track bike
> Colnago Super (1970) track bike
>
> I have all the lugs etc. I need for all of these except the Bianchi
> project. I need to find a Binachi frame about my size in someones'
> "boneyard" to extract a set of lugs from. Hopefully a small track
> bike from the 60's or so.
>
> The thing I find facinating about building replicas is that it
> allows me to explore other framebuilding styles and aesthetics that
> I normally don't do as a regular course. I learn a lot from these
> projects and feel that it helps expand my skills and other horizions
> related to framebuilding. It also helps keep my interest and
> motivation at a high level, which prevents me from resorting to some
> sort of regular routine as a framebuilder. I intend for my work to
> be known as progressive and more refined as time goes on. I have
> always planned on keeping my numbers low so that each frame will
> have it's own identity, much like the viloins of Stradivari. I
> believe he built around 300 instruments in his life. Each one has a
> name based on something related to it's owners and history. I see my
> work as very simular in that way.
>
> Hope that gets my point accross and also answers your question.
>
> Brian Baylis
> La Mesa, CA