Sorry for the late comment: Peter Forrester told us about half a year ago how to copy such a metal rose. I've seen the same rose in different English Guittars, including the Gibson type with that ring tuners, so my feeling is that there was a manufacturer to deliver the roses to the luthiers....... Martina
"Roger E. Blumberg" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb: > > From: "Roger E. Blumberg" <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 17:56:01 -0700 > > To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Cc: cittern <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: [CITTERN] Re: Pedro Cabrals answer > > > > > >> From: David Kilpatrick <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >> > >> Roger E. Blumberg wrote: > > > >>> Sounds purdy. I have seen, and love, that red. I wouldn't have guessed a > >>> metal rose. > > > >> The metal rose is an essential part of the sound. It has been lost on > >> many surviving guittars. Mine is complete and original. The sound it > >> produces is a bit like a resonator, adding sustained vibration and > >> connecting across the soundhole with an active element. If it gets > >> loose, it buzzes like mad. I have to push a section down to seat it > >> firmly sometimes and stop the vibration. The metal rose, like the > >> Preston tuner, is part of the unique design of the English guittar. > >> Plenty of citterns have no rose, or a wooden pattern, but only the > >> English guittar has a cast brass rose mounted in an ivory or bone rim - > >> as far as I know. > > > > > > that's a very interesting and unexpected fine-point (albeit key-point). > > Thank you. > > > > I just looked again at Ron's Preston. > http://fernandezmusic.com/Images/Andrade%26Preston.gif > > That really is a substantial chuck of metal! I do see how it would impact > the sound. > > Wonder why the Portuguese neglected to copy that most important bit from the > English models (if that's indeed where they got their inspiration from). > > Do you have a picture of yours I could see? (Ron's is in pretty bad shape). > > Thanks > Roger > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > --
