Yes, I agree that the 13 course literature, especially Weiss, is so sublime. But, I already have a lovely 13 course Burkholtzer, so the 11 course is just what I need. So, I have one of each.
ed At 07:17 PM 11/23/2004 -0800, sterling price wrote: >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 Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
