Thanks again, Norm. I ordered the Helmut Gotschy book. I can't read german, but I bet the pictures 'are worth 1,000 words'.
I didn't find the Lasnier MIN52 plan yet, the link didn't work for me, but later I'll try finding it through the museum's website. Tim On Nov 2, 2:01 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... > oduct_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 athttp://groups.google.com/group/hurdygurdy > > The rules of posting, courtesy, and other list information may be found > athttp://hurdygurdy.com/mailinglist/index.htm. To reduce spam, posts from new > subscribers are held pending approval by the webmaster. -- 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.
