[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Pitch center on a 10 cs. lute

2013-01-03 Thread Paul Daverman
and everyone else too. Made a little bit of a fool of myself there. James. On 3 January 2013 02:51, James Jackson [1]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com wrote: From: James Jackson [mailto:[2]weirdgeor...@googlemail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2013 2:49 PM To: Paul Daverman Cc: [3

[LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Neck veneer inlay

2011-12-02 Thread Paul Daverman
/113751643198470818818/WhatIAmBuildingAt TheMoment?authuser=0feat=embedwebsite AMH At 06:37 PM 11/26/2011, Paul Daverman wrote: I am wondering if anyone has any words of guidance concerning inlay on the veneer for the back of the lute neck. My hunch is that it wouldn't

[LUTE-BUILDER] Neck veneer inlay

2011-11-26 Thread Paul Daverman
I am wondering if anyone has any words of guidance concerning inlay on the veneer for the back of the lute neck. My hunch is that it wouldn't work well to do the inlay while the veneer is still flat. But I'm also not too sure of how you'd go about inlay on a curved surface. Anyone

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2010-11-25 Thread Paul Daverman
Does anyone have experience using western red cedar for the lute sound board? (I'm building a 10-cs Ren. Dieffopruchar.) I'm guessing it would need to be thicker than a spruce top. However, I'm not sure how much thicker I should expect it to be. Thanks, Paul -- To

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2010-03-30 Thread Paul Daverman
I have two questions -both related to Robert Lundberg's book on Historical Lute Construction - that perhaps some of you veteran lute builders can comment on. First. In his Practicum 1, he shows the steps to making a lute mould. The last photo in this chapter shows a mould

[LUTE-BUILDER] What to build.

2008-12-13 Thread Paul Daverman
I am considering building a lute. Unfortunately, I have little knowledge of the lute other that hearing the wonderful, mellow tone of the lute on various recordings. I see there are plans available for building various types of lutes. Does any one know of a resource that has a