Andreas, I am pleased you like the sound. I really like the 'roundness' or 'camber' of the fretboard. It makes a big difference for the left hand. One of the best things about this lute is the shape and thickness of the neck. The back of the neck is flat at the first fret position, and curved at the high frets, with a gentle change as it goes up the neck. Difficult to put into words. But it is shaped beautifully. So, both sides of the neck and fingerboard are shaped. I am not sure if this can now be done with your lute.
The Burkholzer shape is different to the Hoffman shape, so that will have an effect on the sound. And we decided on rosewood with ebony spacers for the bowl. I tuned to A = 392 as that is my favourite pitch for gut strings on baroque lutes. The string length is 705mm. All these things make a difference to the sound. I like the Burkholzer shape - it is easy to hold, and the lute is surprisingly light. You need to talk to a luthier... Cheers, Rob MacKillop www.robmackillop.net On 20 Oct 2011, at 21:14, Andreas Schroth <andreasschr...@gmx.net> wrote: > Thank You! It sounds as in my imagination a lute should sound, dark like from > a time far away. > It reminds me of Jakob Lindberg's restored original lute. I have a 13 course > after Hoffmann (which one I don't know right now) > by Nico van der Waals from around 1980. The sound is "silbrig" and the > fretboard is flat, not round like yours. > Does anybody have an idea who could change the instrument (fretboard and > "Your" sound) or is this anyhow a good idea? > > Andreas (Berlin, Germany) > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
