> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martina Rosenberger) > Date: 27 Oct 2006 16:43 GMT > To: "Roger E. Blumberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: "Cittern NET" <[email protected]> > Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Glass bridge > >> >> I notice you mention the "glass" bridge on your instrument. I've noticed >> those in the last few days saying to myself "what the f__k is that", a dummy >> stand-in for a lost original? How well do they work in practice? Assuming >> you get a good fit and a perfectly flat top I imagine they'd give a very >> crisp bright sound. Are there notches filed into the top edge. I assume the >> top edge is rounded over well enough to provide a fairly narrow crisp edge? >> Any kind of custom re-shaping or action adjustments must be a beeatch.
> The glass bridges were common from 1900 to 1945. Boehm used them and the > Markneukirchen industry, too. They give a bright sound, but I have no clue how > to make adjustments. They are formed to fit a slight convex soundboard and > have cut in grooves for the strings. The top edge is roof-like. thanks for the info Martina. Glass bridges, brass resonator roses, watch-key tuners -- tis a whole other world of invention, these later-day citterns. I've been looking again at Strohviols today. I'm still hoping someone will find a way to produce affordable mass-market acoustic "bowed-guitars" in the near future. The stroviol phono-fiddle idea keeps coming back as one possible solution. thanks Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
