I think both woods are obtainable from Kreuzner in Mittenwald....
Should somebody on the list be interested i pass there every holliday for my
own wood....
Marc
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From: "Simon Wascher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: Re[6]: [HG] purpose of my new project.
Hello,
There are already makers offering modern instruments aiming for
"historical correct" sound of 1300s. So I thought the more intresting
effort is to really go for the original methods and materials.
Many aspects of these old methods and materiales cannot be known without
actually having it done. So to me using bearings and axle materials that
were available is central to find it out. But for sure there are more
important cases like how to get blade split (cleaved?; not saw-cut)
european spruce (Picea abies) and Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus) in
instrument makers quality and dimensions for the top, bracings and
bridges.
S.
Am 10.02.2008 um 15:45 schrieb Chris Nogy:
I imagine that if you keep the bearings in use regularly, you will not
have a problem. But if you allow the instrument to sit for a prolonged
amount of time and then try to use it, you will see problems.
Especially with a regular carbon steel or iron axle. I will probably be
using either a regular silver-steel machining steel, or some form of
stainless stock to turn my axle from. I know it is not period, but I
don't think that the material the shaft was made of (other than how
round it was made) would make a difference in the sound. But then
again, if you don't get a perfect polish on the shaft, maybe the surface
textrue of the shaft running in the bearing would give some small but
important tonal difference.
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