Dear Herbert, There is an extraordinary photo of Chris Wilson on the back of the booklet of his 'Fantasia de mon triste' CD showing his lute with a strong backlight where you can see that effect. In that particular case the light is clearly shining through the back of the lute and still illuminating the inside of the soundboard. However, it won't work with every lute as only some of the woods used for ribs are that translucent....
Best wishes, Denys -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Herbert Ward Sent: 22 July 2010 17:45 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] See through soundboard? If I arranged a 120 watt light at the rosette, and and shielded it so the rest of the room was as dark as possible, would I be able to see silhouetted braces through the wood of the soundboard? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
