So you are saying that J.J. Edlinger and J.C. Hoffman were not inteligent? That is what they spent most of their time doing besides making violins. Sterling
--- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He would never do this, if he were intelligent. > RT > > > Obviously I would take it to my neighborhood > expert > > luthier of course silly:) > > Sterling > > --- Roman Turovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> According to luthier-friend this type of sorry > >> "expediency" is exactly what > >> was the cause of low survival rate of baroque > lutes. > >> This is not as bad as > >> cello-pins for lutes, but DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME. > >> Earlier lutes just don't > >> have enough wood to hold 13 courses. > >> RT > >> ______________ > >> Roman M. Turovsky > >> http://polyhymnion.org/swv > >> > >> > >>> From: sterling price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>> I have been interested in this for a while. It > >> seems > >>> to me to be a valuable insight into historical > >> lute > >>> construction, i.e to convert a rennaissance lute > >> to a > >>> baroque lute rather than only replicate the > final > >>> product. Ed-I think you should now convert the > 11c > >> to > >>> a bassrider 13! If I had an 11c lute I would > >>> immedeatly convert it to 13. > >>> Sterling Price > >>> --- Edward Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> baroque lute. In consulting Dan Larson, he > >> thought > >>>> it was a great idea, > >>>> and as there is precedence for doing this, he > did > >>>> it. He had to: > >>>> 1. Make a new neck & peg box > >>>> 2. Make a new bridge > >>>> 3. Open the instrument & brace it differently, > >> so > >>>> it could accommodate a > >>>> wider bridge. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> __________________________________ > >>> Do you Yahoo!? > >>> Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > >>> http://my.yahoo.com > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> To get on or off this list see list information > at > >>> > >> > > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail > SpamGuard. > > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - What will yours do? http://my.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
