> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 13:50:18 EDT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected] > Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Diuers Dygressions & Questiones > > In einer eMail vom 27.10.2006 18:00:55 Westeurop=E4ische Sommerzeit schreibt > [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > >> I notice you mention the "glass" bridge on your instrument. <snip> 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.
> Roger, > > Crisp bright and VERY loud! > > Marion pointed out recently that the domed, vaulted or whatever you call it > back makes for a loud instrument. The glass bridge, which is of course > absolutely rigid and absorbs as little energy as a snooker cue-ball, > reinforces this > loudness. I put a solid oak bridge on mine to tone it sown a bit, but it's > still loud. > And, yes, the new bridge did have a little to do with adjusting the action! > I suppose you could get a glazier to grind down a glass bridge if it were too > high, but I wouldn't want to try it myself. > > Cheers, > John D. > thanks John. I'll add greater amplitude to it's merits! One of these days I'll get to play one. danka Roger To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
