I can also testify to the excellence of Mel Wong's work. He replaced the soundboard on my old 1963 Raymond Passauro 7 course and I didn't even have to pay him because the previous owner did, or at least I hope he/they did.
mark ---- David Tayler <vidan...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > You could ask Mel Wong to fix it, his repairs are excellent. You can > swing through SF and we will drink Single Malts. > > dt > > > At 01:27 PM 12/10/2009, you wrote: > > This is so discouraging. I have been trying to decide what to do with > > my archlute he built for me. It has been sitting in its case for years > > because it is unplayable. Basically, it has a bulge in the soundboard > > around the 12th fret and buzzes up there. I've been to two lute makers > > here who refuse to fix it. It may require a new top as the top is so > > thin in that area. I've pretty much decided it just isn't worth the > > risk of sending it back to Brazil for a fix. The shipping would be a > > lot and I may not get it back. > > > > I'll be coming to CA in a couple of months and thought of swinging > > through Vancouver where there is either Grant Tomlinson or Ray Nurse, > > but I've heard Air Canada has gone very draconian on their oversize > > baggage policy. How about luthiers in Northern CA? Any recommendations > > of someone who could either repair or replace the top with a new > > wonderful top reasonably? Airlines to look at? > > > > TIA > > On Dec 11, 2009, at 4:21 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > > > Luciano's site has been sitting as is for several years. One of the > > instruments pictured there is my own. I also have several images in > > my own > > files of several instruments underway in his shop at the time that > > site was > > being assembled. Something has changed between then and now. His > > web site > > hasn't. > > > > Ed Durbrow > > Saitama, Japan > > [1]edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp > > [2]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > > > -- > > > >References > > > > 1. mailto:edurb...@sea.plala.or.jp > > 2. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at > >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
