Well, this may be heresy and I'll get burned at the stake again, but ... These guys are making violins, violas, cellos and now basses with carbon fiber, I wonder how that would work as a lute back or back and sides for a classical guitar?
http://www.luisandclark.com/ It might eliminate the issue of how many ribs effect the sound, effectively having only a 1 piece shell. -David ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Hind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, December 14, 2007 10:19 am Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] Re: new sound file for 11c To: Baroque-lute@cs.dartmouth.edu, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Rob > How could it have meant anything else? > > Small point of "grammar"? I suppose I should have said "plastics" > as > opposed to "plastic". > > A friend who has recently begun to move from synthetics to gut, > told > me he realized that the presence of even a small ammount of gut > frees > up the sound. Just as you suggested for the small number of ribs . > > This gives me an idea that lute makers will probably not like. How > about making a lute in an acoustically predictable material (ie not > > wood), and then experimenting with different numbers of ribs to see > > what the effect really is? > The problem, is that when you compare, even two almost identical > lutes, the wood, the glue, the varnish are all variables that > confuse > the results. > > I think I remember a lute maker on the list, once said he had > experimented with papier maché and got quite good results, but > there > again, papier maché is not quite predictable enough. > Oups, am I being Owlish, again … > Best Regards > Anthony > > Le 14 déc. 07 à 15:58, Anthony Hind a écrit : > > > Plastic Ukele string free, oups sorry, no really, I don't mean it. > > Anthony > > > > Le 14 déc. 07 à 15:53, Rob a écrit : > > > >> > >>>>> it is very good to see that you are > >> finally making your 11c Malers...also that they are plastic > free. > >> <<< > >> > >> Plastic?! > >> > >> Rob > >> > >> > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
