Judith, I got to thinking this morning I could probably do that out of old cars, instead of wood. I like to work with local materials instead of exotic imports. I'm thinking a '59 Plymouth would be about right. Might be able to cut the shortage out of a pickup. Then we could play Heavy Metal. Y'reckon?
Later, Roy --- Judith Lindenau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sounds like a pretty dull project, Roy. > For something more challenging, go here: > http://as220.org/~stevenjobe/ > > Then click on "Music for Three Hurdy Gurdies" > and watch video #2, with Daniel Thonon. Now > THERE'S a project... > > judith > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Roy Trotter > Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 1:50 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [HG] Which way shall I turn? > > I have decided that I need to build a lute-back, for several reasons, > but > mostly because I can strut around and say I did. I can't decide > whether I > should buy a set of plans or generate my own. > I really like the size/ shape of that Siorat (aka" Princess Leia") > and I > have a pretty good idea of what goes on inside, so I'm tempted to > make a > copy of it. The biggest problem I can foresee from here is that I > would like > to redesign the pegbox, but I may be able to put that off until I can > get a > clear visualization of what I have in mind. > > Anybody got any opinions either way? > > Thanks, > Roy > >
