I've had screws put in after the fact the couple of times pegboxes have popped off my lutes. I'm also curious, Mr. Shepherd, about the historical use of dowels in the construction, repair, and conversion of lutes. Being on the road with lutes means they get banged up a little, and the wonderful John Rollins accomplished some splendid things rebuilding the neck of my traveling theorbo (a Klaus Jacobsen Miata) with the use of some big, fat dowels, beautifully concealed.
Sent from my Ouija board > On Feb 19, 2014, at 1:46 AM, "Martin Shepherd" <mar...@luteshop.co.uk> wrote: > > Hi Nigel, > > Well the old lutes typically have a nail. The interesting thing is that in > some X-rays you can see the nail only goes through the back of the pegbox, > not the block at the end - so it seems they attached the back of the pegbox > before adding the rest of it, which seems bizarre to us. > > I used a screw on my first two or three lutes, but haven't used one since. > As you say, it's a large gluing area, and not using a screw or nail means > there is no extra work needed to cover the head of it. I suppose it would > also make it easier to remove the pegbox if that was ever necessary, not that > "easy" is a word that would come to mind in this context. > > M > >> On 19/02/2014 09:50, nigelsolomon wrote: >> Just wondering how many builders fix the pegobx to the neck using a screw, >> or just glue. There is a biggish surface when attaching the pegbox, is it >> necessary to include a screw? >> Nigel >> >> --- >> Ce courrier électronique ne contient aucun virus ou logiciel malveillant >> parce que la protection avast! Antivirus est active. >> http://www.avast.com >> >> >> >> >> To get on or off this list see list information at >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > >
