On Tue, 22 Nov 2011 14:15:00 -0000, Monica Hall wrote > > My failsafe test for looses braces: take a tuning fork (preferably a > > heavier one, like a low C fork), strike it, put the end on the sound > > board and run it along the center and the sides of the top. > > But what happens then? I tried it. In some places it sounded > louder than others but that's all.
Well, the tuning fork excites the top locally, so if it buzzes with a tuning fork you can be almost shure it's not a buzzing fret/rose/string. Time for a trip to the lute doctor. Cheers, RalfD To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
