[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Scalloped Ribs

2012-05-18 Thread Tim@Buckeye
That's really interesting, Louis. Tim Sent from my iPhone On May 18, 2012, at 3:43 PM, "Louis Aull" wrote: > > --=_NextPart_001_000B_01CD350C.F4FEEE80 > Content-Type: text/plain; >charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Bill, > > > > A lute rib tapers at each end,

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Englemann Spruce

2012-05-17 Thread Tim@Buckeye
James, To further confuse the issue, Northern Tonewoods offers Red Spruce soundboards. http://www.hvgb.net/~tonewood/acousticguitar.htm I'm in the middle of building an A lute with one of their soundboards. Tap tone is very clear and bright. I don't know how the lute will sound, but it should