前言を撤回します。
"Art That Sings"著者Paul Schmidtはビルダーじゃないですね。
まずはミュージシャンであり、そして美術でいうところのキュレーター的役割を音楽界でやっているようです。
ぼくが添付した写真のギター“ヌーボー”について彼の解説を引用します。
Art of Music’s Paul Schmidt explains:
“I had long been a fan of Steve Klein’s guitars, (Schmidt wrote a book about Klein - “Art That Sings”, Doctorow Communications, 2003), and when Steve and I co-curated an exhibit of guitars for the Sonoma Valley Museum of Art in 2001, I learned of Michael Spalt’s guitars. Both Steve and I thought his designs were at once artful and amazing. I then had the notion to see if the design of Steve’s smaller-bodied acoustic could generalize to an electric guitar, and thought it would unite beautifully with Michael’s artistry. I took an original Klein neck and had Michael make a body comprised of parts from Klein’s shop from the past thirty years collaged in his unique resin-topped style. The instrument turned out beautifully and we featured it in the book about Steve (p. 77 in the Klein book).
Then, while studying the history of Tiffany stained glass I came across an interesting-to-me anecdote about how Siegfried Bing (early champion of Art Nouveau in France and owner of Maison del l’Art Nouveu - the gallery that featured artists that worked in the then-new style preceding the turn of the 20th century) had commissioned Louis Comfort Tiffany (originator of Tiffany stained glass) to produce ten windows to designs by nine of France’s leading artists including Toulouse-Lautrec and Pierre Bonnard.
I thought it might be interesting to do something similar by wedding original Art Nouveau art with the medium of Michael Spalt’s technique utilizing the shape of Klein’s acoustic guitars. With the instrument I’d commissioned as a prototype, the concept for The Nouveau Series was born.
I spent years collecting original Art Nouveau art culled from the U.S. and abroad, mindful of what would work in the instrument and how the series would stand as a coherent collection. After seeing the completed instruments, I think it worked.”
5116$までいって(Reserve not met)でした^^;
ついでに新しい出品が(笑)
http://cgi.ebay.com/Klein-Electric-Guitar-with-TransTrem-in-natural-Walnut_W0QQitemZ140369342574QQcmdZViewItemQQptZGuitar?hash=item20aeaa306e#ht_500wt_1182
アコギ2本です
※Vintage Steve KLEIN Classical Nylon String Guitars
状態:中古
値段:即決50,000ドルか応相談
入札:現在なし
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Steve-KLEIN-Classical-Nylon-String-Guitars-/190440986665?pt
こちらはラスタカラーのエレキです。
ビッグマウンテンのギタリストは赤ラスタだったと記憶してましたが、
これは黒ラスタです。
※KLEIN CUSTOM GUITAR HAND MADE 1994 BY STEVE KLEIN
状態:中古
終了:9/22
入札:現在なし(16,000ドルでスタート 、即決24,000ドル)
http://cgi.ebay.com/KLEIN-CUSTOM-GUITAR-HAND-MADE-1994-STEVE-KLEIN-/140452835931?pt
Henry Olsenは英国人で元プライマル・スクリームのメンバー。
以下、彼のホームページより抜粋。
"I bought a Klein Electric Guitar in August 2006. This guitar was made for Bill Frisell by Steve Klein. When I first plugged in the guitar, I was astounded by the sound and the playability of the guitar. In January 2007, I was lucky enough to acquire another Klein Electric that had also belonged to Bill Frisell. This guitar was the best electric guitar that I had ever played."
Lark Street Music
*KLEIN, 1999, "Nomadic", Prototype #1, spruce top, pu in TransTrem bridge,
walnut neck, nm....$7500
http://www.larkstreetmusic.com/stock.html