Welcome home, everyone! I went to the OTW homepage, saw the Photos....everyone looks so glum of expressionless...did you miss me THAT MUCH? ( Yes , as a matter of fact I DO think that song is about me...don't you? ) "But thats not what I'm to talk about I'm here to talk about" ... DEWIT.
CAVEAT: what follows is about luthierie, on Hurdy Gurdies, on a specific design of hurdy gurdy. So if yer bored or annoyed by such things, IGNORE, DELETE or otherwise buzz off. But don't just sit there and gripe about people seriously discussing Hurdy Gurdies on a Hurdy Gurdy list, go spend some quality time with yor cat or your child, or your orchids, ....or something. I took vacation this week with the idea of reviving "Lil Doorit" so I'd have something to play while I attempt, yet again. to repair the crack in my luteback. I'm to the fitting-the-soundboard stage and want to make a few scratchy marks on the soundbound while I can still see where the top-braces are. I can"t find my DEWIT, Botermans (et al) book, and I can't remember the scale length, so If you have the chanterelle bride placement, or know it, pipe up. I also will need the placement of the drone and dog bridges. I measured from the peghead wall to the tail facing end of that brace 30.5 mm and/or 15 & 3/16 " which leads to the other question: There was a discussion at one point about the tail-side of the bridge was best at 1/4 inch behind that brace ( I think). If anybody remembers that, I would be grateful for having my memory refreshed. OK, I'm done, the rest of y'all. Welcome back. Later, Roy T.
