Thank you, Norm! I appreciate every little clue and roadmap I can get on this 'journey, or as RT said, 'gurdymania'. I will check it out. Another book I have found that is helpful is:
Historical Lute Construction, Robert Lundberg Guild of American Luthiers ISBN-13 978-o-9626447-4-0 ISBN-10-0-9626447-4-9 This book is pricey, and is on building lutes, rather than gurdies,but should help building the body. Would I recommend buying it for gurdie making? I am undecided, maybe someone else here would offer their opinion. If it is available at a public library, rather than buying it, yes. I'm betting Norm's recommendation, even in German, would be more helpful. Thanks, Norm. Tim On Nov 1, 9:21 pm, Norm Sohl <[email protected]> wrote: > 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_ro.... > 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 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hurdygurdy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found at http://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster.
