I second William. I hesitate to jump in on these mysteries, but in my
makers years I actually never saw a loose-brace caused buzz... Most were
from some bridge problem, and as I was a classic guitar guy, mainly
ill-fitting bridge bones. If you have one of those reverse-funnel rosettes
it would make me suspect there. If it is a carved lute rose, then a split
or splinter there. Buzzing can be a real mystery to find!
Garry
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:06 AM
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Buzzing [was "Gut strings"]
Hi Monica,
A couple of things you might check (though you may well have done so
already) - Loose string ends at the peghead or the bridge - these
could shift around with humidity changes. Don't want to worry you, but
I had some intractible buzzing on one of my lutes that eventually
resolved itself when the bridge flew off. Fortunately it came off
cleanly and was easily fixed. Anyway - No harm in looking closely at
the lower edge of the bridge to see if there's any sign of it wanting
to part company with the soundboard. It's best to eliminate the easy
things before undertaking more complicated investigations.
Not a guitar person myself, particularly, but I'd have thought that
these fancy rosettes are a place where buzzing might be located too -
some little bit of parchment waggling like a tuning fork maybe? Again,
that could be influenced by humidity. Then again there are the inlays
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