I would pick up a block of bracing material from somewhere like LMII. http://www.lmii.com/products/mostly-wood/inside-the-box/bracewood Split it and then use it. David Edwards indicates in his Lute courses that the grain should be parallel to the top (as opposed to perpendicular as in guitars). Not sure on an early guitar.
Regards David -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of WALSH STUART Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2016 11:25 AM To: lute-builder@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] simple question on bars for early guitar I'm very much a beginner, building a simple early guitar type instrument. I just want to put two bars on the soundboard but I haven't got any soundboard material thick enough to make the bars. What's the best advice for what is only a simple project? I could glue some pieces of soundboard together to get thicker pieces to make bars. Or could I just use some ordinary (DIY) pine? Or some hardwood like sycamore or mahogany? Thanks for any advice Stuart --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
