Ed,
I know someone else who did the same thing with an Aria lute. I think
the soundboard was plywood and it de-laminated under tension from the
bridge. With a replacement spruce soundboard it became a better lute.
As you say, in that case it justified an expense that was close to the
Hell Ed,
How badly must a lute be damaged? I think the question should be, how
much is a replacement lute worth? Obvioulsly for any instrument, the
repair cost outweighs the decision to buy again. Of course if one takes
the instrument to a luthier who is going to do everything in the pure
Just from curiosity, how badly must a lute be damaged
to make repair more expensive than a new lute?
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How badly would you like it to be damaged? I can send the boys round...
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From: Herbert Ward [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 6:54 PM
Subject: Repair vs. buying new.
Just from curiosity, how badly must a lute be damaged
it as much as possible. The cheapest new
student lute sells at about $1000; you could probably get a lot of
repair work done for that price.
Tim
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Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 11:54:45 -0500
Just make it look like an accident...
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From: Tony Chalkleymailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 12:16 PM
Subject: Re: Repair vs. buying new.
How badly would you like it to be damaged
Just from curiosity, how badly must a lute be damaged
to make repair more expensive than a new lute?
Herb,
Another classic question.
It must depend on the lute, for example, if it was a priceless museum
object, it could justify a quite expensive repair. If it is a piece
of junk, what's the
