Hydrate with a humidifier. A lot of Guitar shops carry little humidity devises for putting in the guitar case I assume that would work with the Lute as well. I am also assuming that since I bought my humidifier there have been many and more sophisticated devices available.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 19, 2004 11:15 AM Subject: Mike Godfrey - Found someone local to fix my lute ALSO, HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION > I called Rich Worthington here in Saint Louis. He has fixed lutes in the > past. In fact, my old lute teacher got his lute repaired by this man, so I > should feel confident in driving mine over today. > > That's what I'm doing at 6 this evening! > > He will most likely do a glue fix on the small fracture that runs WITH the > wood grain. Once the lute is tuned, it becomes visible. > > It really shouldn't effect the sound. I've taken very good care of the > instrument over the years. > > My big question now is...How does one "feed" the wood so it's not so dried > out and stuff? I am pretty sure Lemon Pledge is out of the question. How > does one "hydrate" the wood without problems? > > Thank you so much! > > Michael > >
