I think people who play with nails can get some mileage out of narrow
spacing, but flesh players need to be in the 155mm vicinity.
RT
On 6/24/2014 7:51 PM, sterling price wrote:
I think it depends on what your'e used to. My first 13 course had 157mm
and that is what I learned on, and
On Tuesday, June 24, 2014 5:51 PM, sterling price
wrote:
I think it depends on what your'e used to. My first 13 course had 157mm
and that is what I learned on, and I try to only play lutes with that
spacing. Once I had a lute for 6 months that was much smaller (say
around 145 cm
I think it depends on what your'e used to. My first 13 course had 157mm
and that is what I learned on, and I try to only play lutes with that
spacing. Once I had a lute for 6 months that was much smaller (say
around 145 cm) and I couldn't stand it. I could never hit the correct
bass
I am really surprised Having played londer than 23 years, I never had an
instrument wider than 147 which I play. Everyone who played my lutes would say
that it is a bit widish Also as far as I know, Hoppy Smith, Nigel North,
Konrad Junghanel, Toyohiko Satoh, Jacob Lindberg and many othe
On Jun 24, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Matthew Daillie wrote:
> Anyway, ask any reputable maker, it's not a job they enjoy doing (and I have
> had it done on a couple of my lutes). Some makers prefer to make a new bridge
> which can be glued on to the soundboard without it being removed, but others
>
The difficulty comes from having to drill a new hole very close to an old one.
Even if the latter is well plugged, the drill bit often finds its way back into
the original hole. It is also tricky to make sure the bit comes out the other
side exactly where you want it to (after all, we are talkin
Nothing difficult about it at all. I've drilled a few holes myself on lutes and
a baroque guitar and I have zero wood working skills. I used a little tiny
hobby drill that I bought from Michael's hobby supply. It's basically just a
short aluminum handle like an Exacto knife with a little drill b
It is feasible to redrill the bridge holes but it's a job even (especially?)
the best lute makers hate doing (the original holes are obviously done before
the bridge is glued on).
Best
Matthew
On 24 juin 2014, at 16:05, John Lenti wrote:
> Whatever else happens, it's not a huge big deal to h
Whatever else happens, it's not a huge big deal to have the bridge re-drilled,
or to get a new nut. If bridge or nut spacing is the one thing you don't like
about an instrument, fix it. I had John Rollins re-drill my baroque lute bridge
and have never been happier. Some of the original holes are
