He would never do this, if he were intelligent.
RT
> 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
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>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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