This is an interesting solution, you have basically reversed engineered a classical guitar into a quasi-viheula. What kind of strings are you using on it?
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "rosinfiorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 9:32 PM Subject: guitar to lute > i'm waiting for a renaissance lute 8c to arrive but in the meantime made this to get fingers used to the feel of double strings. > In case someone may like to make something similar (like you have these many course lutes but want a six course, etc) here is the photo. the thing works very fine, only i tune it to "re" because "mi" is a little too 'mandoline-like' feeling(tense). > http://perso.wanadoo.fr/raydimitry/imagini/IMG_00.jpg > to have this you need to do the pegbox, the bone pice of the bridge with small notches and holes with harp-pins on the bridge. I have used one whole per each pair of strings-it is the bridge's notches that separates the couples... > ------------------------------------------ > > Faites un voeu et puis Voila ! www.voila.fr > > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
