Dan, thanks for that. Also thanks to LGS-Europe David, who fells that the notch is not a big deal, that it's "what people do". As long as I am getting such good free and alas contradictory (but that is OK -- don't take that the wrong way!) advice, here is something else for which I need input: I have a terrible crack in the top of this thing, which makes a very annoying buzz. I was thinking of removing the filigree from the sound hole to get in & fix it, perhaps with the extensible clamp from LMI. I can make a new filigree with the little MAXNC-10 CNC milling machine that I have, but still I'd rather not. The crack is part of the way open so it needs to be clamped shut, & I wondered if it is worth trying to set up a jig with suction disks to do it all from the outside. What options does one have in such matters? Thanx, plh
At Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:29:49 -0700 (DST), you wrote >Serveral of my instruments have a VERY tiny notch at the bowl-neck >join to enable one more gut fret. I would definitely not advise >notching the bowl, just use a gluon or a quark. >One of my favorit >dte memories from 1972 was taking a sandcat belt sander to my >Papazian lute and removing the raised fingerboard. It was awesome. > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > ----
