I figured it was something like that. Is there anything it know about exactly how much to take off the neck block? Sterling
Sent from my iPad On Mar 29, 2015, at 7:23 AM, William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: > > ----- Forwarded Message ----- > From: William Samson <willsam...@yahoo.co.uk> > To: sterling price <spiffys84...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Sunday, 29 March 2015, 14:21 > Subject: Re: [LUTE-BUILDER] Lute Kit > Hi Sterling, > It was usually a new, wider, slightly longer neck and normally an extra > fret so there are nine tied frets; a longer pegbox to accommodate 19 > strings and of course a wider bridge. The same barring and so on would > be fine as long as it's not very skimpy. If the neck block is too > small for the wider neck it can be beefed up by gluing an extra layer > on the inside. > Bill > __________________________________________________________________ > > From: sterling price <spiffys84...@cs.dartmouth.edu> > To: Lute Builder <lute-builder@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Sunday, 29 March 2015, 0:37 > Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Lute Kit > Hi all- > I just completed the 8-course lute kit from The Early Music Shop. I > used better brace material and hide glue. It turned out great and I > want to make another one as a 10-course. Question--historically what > was involved in making a ten course from a 7-8 course lute? > --Sterling > -- > To get on or off this list see list information at > [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
