Serveral of my instruments have a VERY tiny notch at the bowl-neck
join to enable one more gut fret. I would definitely not advise
notching the bowl, just use a gluon or a quark.
One of my favorit
dte memories from 1972 was taking a sandcat belt sander to my
Papazian lute and removing the raise
A gluon goes on so easily that one shouldn't even consider a quark,
which must be glued on and leaves a mark.
One lute I had was fitted with small strap peg just into the bowl &
neckblock near the joint, I used that to anchor the last fret.
David, you are a macho man indeed; I would have needed
I think it took at least three hours. Fortunately, mine did not have
the fingerboard raised onto the soundboard.
I also sanded the bridge down to remover the saddle, but I can't
remember how. After the fingerboard was gone, the saddle seemed unnecessary.
It was a great lute for its time.
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You lucked out- (or he improved by the time you got yours?) I left
his shop- somewhere mid-town I think- and proceeded on downtown to
No. 2 Bond street off Broadway where David Rubio fixed me up with
nice, metal fret, bone saddle, but NINE course thing that delighted
me for years. Sic Transit G
Dan, thanks for that. Also thanks to LGS-Europe David, who fells that the
notch is not a big deal, that it's "what people do".
As long as I am getting such good free and alas contradictory (but that is OK
-- don't take that the wrong way!) advice, here is something else for which I
need input: I ha
If the crack is in the soundboard, and it is hairline, you can work
glue into it by gently pushing up and down on one side of the
crack--donn't make it biiger. If it is bigger, you need to fill it,
or brace it from underneath.
If it is Buzzing, most likely you have a loose brace. The system I
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