> Are you dealing with an instrument that you don't want to ruin, or is it an > instrument that is impossible to ruin.
Thanks for the reply. I'd always go to a professional maker for repairs on a good instrument. I'm just playing around with an inexpensive oud that was given as a present. The bridge popped off years ago and the instrument has just been lying around. The pegs work so it's capable of being tuned up and played. I want to have a go at plectrum-style lute playing.. > I mean no offence, but if you have a > good Lute you might be well advised to at least get Lundberg's book on > historical Lute building and learn a little about bridges and their > relationship with the sound board and how they are designed etc. > > VW > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2007 8:34 AM > Subject: [LUTE] a couple of questions about home-made bridges > > > >> (Arto's occasional off-topic posts are fine with me.) >> >> 1) I've just glued on a very simple bridge. As usual, I didn't think it >> through. The outer strings line up well enough along the fingerboard and >> I think the strings are the right height. But I've made the holes on >> the bridge far too far apart for each course. So the first question is: >> is there some trick or bodge to drill some holes on a bridge >> while it's still glued on? (Something that doesn't require an obscure >> and expensive tool.) >> >> 2) If I do have to take the bridge off, I wonder if there are any >> important principles that even the simplest bridge should follow. My >> bridge is not much more than a strip of wood about about 1.3cms thick. >> (I think the height is OK). Would it be better to have a bridge with a >> bigger area - for a stronger joint and more area to transmit sound? (But >> early guitars have small bridges?) >> >> Thanks >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.1.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.12/653 - Release Date: 1/26/2007 >> >> >> > > > >
