All, Just to add some more candy, why don't you have a look at the blog 'Naissance d'une vielle' (Birth of a HG) written bij Ruprecht Niepold, about the creation of a lute back by an amateur builder from Belgium. http://www.sons-et-couleurs.eu/vielfrna.htm
It's not the 'traditional' approach, but it gives you an idea. It's in French (or Dutch) but Google Translate will bring you a long way when trying to decipher the descriptions and the discussions added to it. Cheers Pieter On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 5:21 AM, 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_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 > > > -- > 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. -- ----------------------------------------------- Pieter Lambrechts [email protected] -- 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.
