Hmmm! I wonder who got there first! David
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:57 PM, timw <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
