Jon- Nice to hear from you again.
Mike Wilson Original Message: ----------------- From: Jon Murphy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2007 01:37:56 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Lute - Baroque Guitar Troy, You have two good suggestions from Din and Rob. My lute is temporarily on hold for medical reasons, but I invested in both the Lundberg book "Historical Lute Construction" and van Edwards CD-ROM. For Din, I only have two and a half years into my lute. A stroke two years ago left me with the mold made, and the ribs shaved to thickness. Like you it is a matter of belief - I'm scared to make that next step of forming and shaping the ribs over the mold. Once I get that done I think the rest will go quickly. The stroke is no longer relevant, now it is a matter of the guts to step into the making of the body. Troy, if you were to choose to buy one of the suggested instructionals I'd spend the extra and go with David van Edwards CD-ROM - it is in PDF format and you can print out the pages as you go along to keep them by your workplace. The Lundberg book is excellent, but not quite as "step by step", yet a good reference for the experienced builder of stringed instruments. I'm not unhappy to have both, but were I to do it over again I'd go with van Edwards for my first try (I got Lundberg before I heard of van Edwards). Best, Jon To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------- mail2web.com – Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on Microsoft® Exchange - http://link.mail2web.com/Personal/EnhancedEmail
