On another tangent, Tim mentions building the Jiri from scratch, and I wanted to suggest that he (and any amateur thinking about a luteback) consider ordering a copy of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum's Lasnier luteback plan, MIN52. http://forschung.gnm.de/ressourcen/musikinstrumente/service/gnm_tz_roentgen. pdf has more information and ordering info. Personally, I found it 27 euros well spent. It requires a little work to muddle through the German if you don't already speak the language, but not that difficult, and the rewards are worth it, at least in my opinion. That way you would invest your time building forms and tools for a more traditional looking instrument. Of course, if you have fallen in love with the Jiri, I say just go for it! --Norm
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