I read about the process to make such an instrument - from memory the two slices are glued together under vacuum, to me it sounds like quite a costly process. The guitars made by the inventor of this technology Matthias Dammann cost 15 000 € a pop.
Jürgne ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, March 25, 2020 2:04 AM, Mark Probert <probe...@gmail.com> wrote: > John wrote: > > > Question is, has this been tried on a lute? Are there any > > luthiers interested in trying? > > Interesting technology. As applied to a lute? Not so sure. > I suspect someone will but most won't as there is not really > any advantage and much disadvantage (the lamination process > for starters, workin with nomex or similar, etc.). > > The problem this construction "fixes" is loudness. While there > may be occassions when a lute is too soft, making up for it with > an overly stiff soundboard would, I suspect, take away much of > what makes a lute sound the way it does. > > Consider the following article for more > > https://www.guitarsalon.com/blog/?p=1467 > > Kind regards > > .. mark. > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
