In majority of cases (!) there is absolutely no need to remove soundboard in order to re-glue the bridge; in this situation in particularly where the bridge separation is clean. Most experienced lute makers would know how to do this and the whole procedure takes no more than 5 minutes ... The use of natural (hide, best of all fish) glue is essential. --- AB
----- Original Message ----- From: "vance wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Lute List" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 6:19 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute repair question > Hi Laura: > > You need to talk to someone who is intimately familiar with Lutes, having > made them. Re-gluing the bridge on a Lute is a bigger issue than that on > a > Guitar. The sound board should be removed which opens up a very large can > of worms you don't want Joe Lukamabutcrok The plumber futzing with. You > should call your original maker and ask him/her for a recommendation. To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html