Dear Stephen, How nice to hear from you! It's great to know how that effect worked. Thinking about this subject put me in mind of the recent photos on your website showing light shining through a lute back, but even those don't show quite the intensity that's apparent in that photo. So it's not an effect many of us will be able to replicate... Hope you are both keeping well & busy!
Best wishes, Denys -----Original Message----- From: Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris [mailto:sb...@lutesandguitars.co.uk] Sent: 22 July 2010 19:10 To: Denys Stephens Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: See through soundboard? Hi Denys, that lute is made of ivory, which is why the effect works . . . I replaced its soundboard, back in 1983, I think. Stephen. On 22 Jul 2010, at 18:59, Denys Stephens wrote: > 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 > > >
