Re: [CR]was: Baylis Replica frames...now: Strads

(Example: Production Builders:LeJeune)

To: Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 15:26:29 -0400
Subject: Re: [CR]was: Baylis Replica frames...now: Strads
From: "Richard M Sachs" <richardsachs@juno.com>
cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org

Grant McLean <Grant.McLean@SportingLife.ca> writes: 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!

i'll only post that if there's some relevence to a CR list subject. i think it's well known that a stradivari's workshop maintained assistants and apprentices and produced fiddles that were the result of a collaborative effort - not the labor of one man or the one man whose name they carried. it was very much like a CR list era framebuilding concern in - say, lombardy. e-RICHIEĀ® Richard Sachs Cycles No.9, North Main Street Chester, CT 06412 USA Tel. 860.526.2059 site: http://www.richardsachs.com pics: http://photos.yahoo.com/bobbesrs rants: http://richardsachs.blogspot.com/