I love beech!
I made a beech pegbox - it's perfect to withstand the twisting and side
to side motions, particularly on a bass or treble rider. I think beech
would be fantastic for a bowl too, sound should have a nice quick
attack with some warmth too.
As for pearwood - Believe i
Hi guys,
I was just interested in your experiences with Engelmann spruce for
baroque lutes? I'm currently building a 13c, J.C. Hoffman (bass rider)
and I'm just about to order the soundboard, but I can't make my mind up
to go with Alpine or Engelmann for the soundboard.
I've hea
Thanks for your advice,
I've decided to go for Englemann. I'm going for grade 7 (Second down
from highest on their grade) which the timber supplier describes as
"Near perfection - very slow growth, the widest
growth ring approximately 2mm within the template area.
Very limited ac
lute will sound, but it should be pretty bright.
Tim
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On May 17, 2012, at 8:06 AM, James Jackson
<[3]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your advice,
>
> I've decided to go for Englemann. I'm going for grade 7 (
Hi Paul,
I'll be honest, a scale of 65cm would be much more suited for a pitch
of F at AD0 - I think you'll find with a lute that is a little larger,
like this one, will sound so much better at that pitch. The whole
instrument will resonate better if you string it at the pitch it wa
me. (I didn't reply to the whole forum here
because, frankly, I'm feeling a bit stupid and didn't really need that
to be what people found if they googled my name.)
Thanks so much!
Paul
From: James Jackson [mailto:[2]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesda
ogise and everyone else too. Made a little
bit of a fool of myself there.
James.
On 3 January 2013 02:51, James Jackson <[1]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
From: James Jackson [mailto:[2]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:49 PM
To: Pa
Hi Bill,
I know of at least one very well known and respectable luthier who does
indeed glue the blocks on and doesn't see the sense in them not being
glued.
My hire lute was recently under repair for two loose bars, while it was
under repair, the luthier, whom the Lute Society
I think, personally, I prefer the look of the fingerboard extending on
top of the neck block, as it's a little different visually and makes
for a change. (Go toA [1]http://www.lutesandguitars.co.uk/index.htm and
scroll down to or search the page forA 6-course Renaissance lute after
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