Not any more - I just bought it! (Thanks Norm!) I also just bought Michael Muskett's plans for a Pimpard luteback which I know are excellent. Did set me back 80-some bucks, but worth it.
Here's another source for aspiring builders, materials rather than books or plans. I am currently building an HG based on the Pimpard plans, and my lute body is an actual lute - I cannibalised one of those eBay $500 "Pakistani Lute Specials" (**heavy sarcasm**) which is an almost exact match to the Pimpard. Those lutes (and ouds) might not be playable in their own right, but they make a great HG body! At this point I have to acknowledge and thank Mell Dorries for his willing assistance. He very kindly let me use his workshop for about four days, which gave me access to his drill press, bandsaw and belt sander so I could get the "heavy lifting" done - removing the flat soundboard; cutting, shaping and glueing the struts; shaping the body for a curved soundboard; and drilling for the shaft and bearings. He's going to make up the wheel, axle and keychest for me, so I should be able to the rest of the work on my kitchen table (famous last words!!). David On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Norm Sohl <[email protected]> wrote: > I liked "Historical Lute Construction", but it is oddly silent on the > subject of form building as I recall. Lovely book though. There is an > excellent book (in German again) that follows the construction of a > luteback > based on the plans I mentioned in my last note called Bau einer Drehleier, > by the HG builder Helmut Gotschy. I notice that Amazon has it second hand > at the moment for a reasonable price: > > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FSNIX2/sr=8-1/qid=1320248385/ref=olp_pr > oduct_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1320248385&sr=8-1&seller=<http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001FSNIX2/sr=8-1/qid=1320248385/ref=olp_product_details?ie=UTF8&me=&qid=1320248385&sr=8-1&seller=> > > The pictures alone are worth it! > --Norm > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of timw > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 6:43 AM > To: hurdygurdy > Subject: [HG-new] Re: Sources for Lute-Back HG making > > 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. 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