In a message dated 12/9/03 8:56:33 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> "How > does the carved rosette affect the tone"? Several lute makers have mentioned to me that it does not affect the tone. Certainly, I have not noticed the difference between baroque guitars with and without ornamental roses, for example. However, I would suspect that there IS a slight difference, even an improvement, in tone with a carved rosette since it requires some small bars to be glued underneath the super thin rosette part of the lute's soundboard which must affect the sound. Kenneth --
