Plugging and re-drilling a bridge to suit whatever configuration a player has need of seems commonplace enough. If a re-drill isn't practical, an all-out and appropriately drilled replacement is pretty trivial in the grand scheme of luthier labor. If anything, these tweaks/fixes are probably more necessary to the baser entry-level instruments and can often improve them.
Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of David van Ooijen > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 12:44 PM > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings? > > The point is, it has only five courses on the fingerboard. Playing any > kind of lute or theorbo music on it would mean redrilling the bridge > to accomodate six, hazardous enough on a 'decent' instrument, but I'm > not sure this one will be up to it. > > David > > On 29 August 2011 15:17, Garry Warber <garrywar...@hughes.net> wrote: > > Not to be argumentative, but... :-) I spent over 25 years building and > > playing classic guitars, and this "theorobed guitar" is a member of the > lute > > family, beyond doubt... But, call it as you will, and no doubt Stephen > and > > Sandi are correct looking from their background. This stuff greatly > depends > > upon which expert is looking at it... :-) > > Garry > > > > -----Original Message----- From: David van Ooijen > > Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 5:21 AM > > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: long strings? > > > > Their tiorbino (Theorbo Bass Lute small ...) has (Stephen and Sandi's) > > description of the theorbood guitar (Theorbo Bass Lute medium). It > > even comes with Fontanelli's music! > > > > David - enough of this nonsense, back to work > > > > -- > > ******************************* > > David van Ooijen > > davidvanooi...@gmail.com > > www.davidvanooijen.nl > > ******************************* > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > > > > > > -- > ******************************* > David van Ooijen > davidvanooi...@gmail.com > www.davidvanooijen.nl > *******************************
