[LUTE] Re: Joulupukki - Santa C. Was: Arto...

Arto wrote: > BTW his real name is Joulupukki, in Finnish. So, that means Christmas Goat, doesn't it? ;) G To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Sound vs sturdiness trade-off.

Dear Herbert, That's a good question! I think the key point here is that we are talking about small thicknesses and a long period of time. The maximum loss of thickness we could be thinking of here would perhaps be around 1mm. Lute bellies are not heavily varnished and so attract grime. It would n

[LUTE] Re: Sound vs sturdiness trade-off.

> ... Stephen Barber has long maintained > that historical soundboards were originally thicker than some > surviving instruments suggest (having been thinned during repairs > and "restoration"), and the most recently discovered lute > by Maler bears this out. Thanks for the interesting read. The

[LUTE] Re: Sound vs sturdiness trade-off.

Dear Herbert, The idea that the lighter you could make a lute, the better it would be was quite common in the late 1970's. I remember seeing very fragile lutes that were built with very thin soundboards - they often had either a slight "S" bend in the table around the bridge or had very stiff barri

[LUTE] Re: Sound vs studiness trade-off.

But what is the purpose here? Styrofoam is light but a poor resonator. Craig Craig R. Pierpont Another Era Lutherie www.anotherera.com Vance Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Greet: That would be a possibility, You are talking about hollowing it out and filling the void with some sort

[LUTE] Re: Internet Lute Society

"Sandy Hackney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I have been trying to access The Internet Lute Society for > several days with no luck. Does anyone know of its fate? it's gone, obviously, but John's quarterback >;) Sarge is still there: http://www.gerbode.net/ -- Best wishes, Mathias -- To get

[LUTE] Re: Internet Lute Society

"Sandy Hackney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > I have been trying to access The Internet Lute Society for > several days with no luck. Does anyone know of its fate? it's gone, obviously, but John's quarterback >;) Sarge is still there: http://www.gerbode.net/ -- Best wishes, Mathias To get

[LUTE] Re: Sound vs studiness trade-off.

Hi Greet: That would be a possibility, You are talking about hollowing it out and filling the void with some sort of chemical composite, however as possible as this may be would it affect the tone of the instrument in a positve way or a negetive one. If you did something like you have describe

[LUTE] Internet Lute Society

I have been trying to access The Internet Lute Society for several days with no luck. Does anyone know of its fate? Thank you and Merry Christmas! Sandy -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

[LUTE] Re: Rousseau Cases

They look cool! My Kingham glass-fibre reinforced case is being made as we speak. It's GBP 377 for a smallish archlute. Weight I don't know yet, but it's supposed to be much stronger than a usual Kingham case. David - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Narvey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: