Nicolás Valencia wrote:
Dear All,
I've recently ordered a 13-course baroque lute beautifully decorated
with a fretwork at the back of the peg-box. However, I'm still
hesitating if this is the right choice. My question is: does it affect
the peg-box strength and therefore could it be
I have a 10 cs lute - made by a prominent european maker - wherein the back
of the pegbox was made of yew (matching the bowl) and it was highly carved.
Unfortunately, the entire pegbox pulled loose; but the construction was
unusual and extremely light-weight with very little wood between
Perhaps also here...:
--- Original Message ---
Date: 4/22/2009
From: wi...@cs.helsinki.fi wi...@cs.helsinki.fi
Subject: [LUTE] Théorbe de pieces - a project still just starting...
Dear lutenists and hang around gang,
I have stringed and tuned my archlute (Stephen Barber, 1987) to a
Théorbe
