[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-16 Thread Adam Olsen
> >     From: Adam Olsen >     Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute cracking >     To: >     Cc: "Lute List" >     Date: Monday, 14 May, 2012, 20:24 > >   I just dropped the lute off at the Violin builder shop.  It's Peter >   Prier and sons Violins, they make, rep

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-15 Thread Martyn Hodgson
Dear Adam, That sounds like good news for you - presumably the crack is pretty fine. Hope it works. MH --- On Mon, 14/5/12, Adam Olsen wrote: From: Adam Olsen Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute cracking To: Cc: "Lute List" Date: Monday, 14 May, 2

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread Adam Olsen
7;s Jason Petty, btw) Adam On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:23 PM, William Samson wrote: > Hope everything works out fine. > > Please let us know how you get on. > > Bill > > From: Adam Olsen > To: > Cc: Lute List > Sent: Monday, 14 May 2012, 20:24 > > Subject: [LUTE]

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread William Samson
Hope everything works out fine. Please let us know how you get on. Bill From: Adam Olsen To: Cc: Lute List Sent: Monday, 14 May 2012, 20:24 Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute cracking I just dropped the lute off at the Violin builder shop. It's Peter Prier and sons Vi

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread Adam Olsen
On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 1:33 PM, David Smith wrote: > If you are worried about tension you might consider 392 instead of 415. The > real question is what tension the strings were selected for. They were selected for 415 > You can find some of the information you are looking for at Gamut strings

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread David Smith
d to ensure the end grain runs in the >> same direction as the belly. >> >> Whoever is doing the repair, it will be best not to keep raising the >> humidity around the instrument but to let it rest in ambient humidity - >> so that the sliver is glued into place with th

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread Adam Olsen
as the belly. > >   Whoever is doing the repair, it will be best not to keep raising the >   humidity around the instrument but to let it rest in ambient humidity - >   so that the sliver is glued into place with the crack at its widest. > >   MH >   --- On Mon, 14/5/12, Adam Ols

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread Adam Olsen
crack at its widest. MH --- On Mon, 14/5/12, Adam Olsen <[2]arol...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Adam Olsen <[3]arol...@gmail.com> Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute cracking To: Cc: "Lute List" <[4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Date: Monday, 14 May, 2012,

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread Martyn Hodgson
ace with the crack at its widest. MH --- On Mon, 14/5/12, Adam Olsen wrote: From: Adam Olsen Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute cracking To: Cc: "Lute List" Date: Monday, 14 May, 2012, 16:18 Thank you for the information. If it's just cosmetic, I won&

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-14 Thread Adam Olsen
Thank you for the information. If it's just cosmetic, I won't worry about it too much. All I really care about is that I can still play, and that it won't happen again. I'm really at a loss as to how to keep it humidified enough. The humidity in my house is around 30%, and it's at 50% in the ca

[LUTE] Re: Lute cracking

2012-05-13 Thread William Samson
The first thing to say is that small cracks are usually harmless - The trouble is that the best way to repair them and stop them spreading involves taking the soundboard off, which is best left to a maker. If the crack is unlikely to spread ( - and if there's a curved J-bar under