Obviously I would take it to my neighborhood expert luthier of course silly:) Sterling --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> According to luthier-friend this type of sorry > "expediency" is exactly what > was the cause of low survival rate of baroque lutes. > This is not as bad as > cello-pins for lutes, but DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. > Earlier lutes just don't > have enough wood to hold 13 courses. > RT > ______________ > Roman M. Turovsky > http://polyhymnion.org/swv > > > > From: sterling price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I have been interested in this for a while. It > seems > > to me to be a valuable insight into historical > lute > > construction, i.e to convert a rennaissance lute > to a > > baroque lute rather than only replicate the final > > product. Ed-I think you should now convert the 11c > to > > a bassrider 13! If I had an 11c lute I would > > immedeatly convert it to 13. > > Sterling Price > > --- Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> baroque lute. In consulting Dan Larson, he > thought > >> it was a great idea, > >> and as there is precedence for doing this, he did > >> it. He had to: > >> 1. Make a new neck & peg box > >> 2. Make a new bridge > >> 3. Open the instrument & brace it differently, > so > >> it could accommodate a > >> wider bridge. > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > > http://my.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail
