I once was given a Rainsong guitar to try, they make carbon-fibre steel-string guitars. It was an astonishingly good guitar, and I used it the day I got it for a live solo radio broadcast. I didn't buy it because I already had a good acoustic, but I was impressed. The thing is, it had a great sound, but a different sound, something unique. And, of course, carbon is also a natural resource, so it is no more Green than using wood.
It might be interesting to hear a lute made of CF, but I'm sure, like the guitar, it would sound subtly different, and therefore not a lute. But, then again, we don't really know what lutes sounded like in the 16th/17th centuries...maybe our modern lutes are subtly different? One great advantage of CF instruments is that they are not affected by humidity and temperature change. I'm sure many a touring lute player would be pleased about that. Rob www.rmguitar.info -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 14 December 2007 16:05 To: Baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: new sound file for 11c Well, this may be heresy and I'll get burned at the stake again, but ... These guys are making violins, violas, cellos and now basses with carbon fiber, I wonder how that would work as a lute back or back and sides for a classical guitar? http://www.luisandclark.com/ It might eliminate the issue of how many ribs effect the sound, effectively having only a 1 piece shell. -David ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, December 14, 2007 10:19 am Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: new sound file for 11c To: Baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Rob > How could it have meant anything else? > > Small point of "grammar"? I suppose I should have said "plastics" > as > opposed to "plastic". > > A friend who has recently begun to move from synthetics to gut, > told > me he realized that the presence of even a small ammount of gut > frees > up the sound. Just as you suggested for the small number of ribs . > > This gives me an idea that lute makers will probably not like. How > about making a lute in an acoustically predictable material (ie not > > wood), and then experimenting with different numbers of ribs to see > > what the effect really is? > The problem, is that when you compare, even two almost identical > lutes, the wood, the glue, the varnish are all variables that > confuse > the results. > > I think I remember a lute maker on the list, once said he had > experimented with papier maché and got quite good results, but > there > again, papier maché is not quite predictable enough. > Oups, am I being Owlish, again > Best Regards > Anthony > > Le 14 déc. 07 à 15:58, Anthony Hind a écrit : > > > Plastic Ukele string free, oups sorry, no really, I don't mean it. > > Anthony > > > > Le 14 déc. 07 à 15:53, Rob a écrit : > > > >> > >>>>> it is very good to see that you are > >> finally making your 11c Malers...also that they are plastic > free. > >> <<< > >> > >> Plastic?! > >> > >> Rob > >> > >> > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
