>> Why would you want to build a lute without glue? how would you
>> assemble the ribs? The idea sounds crazy if you ask me.....and I see no
>> benefit, even if it were possible....
>> Bruno
>> Herbert Ward wrote:
>>> Is it possible to build a good lute using screws instead of glue?
> Many years ago Eph Segerman proposed a method of lute-making without glue.
> He was thinking of (early?)medieval lute making and (if I remember
> correctly) he somehow thought that there were no glues around at that
> time. So he gave an elaborate account of how a lute could be made - not
> with screws - but with wedges.
> He published this masterpiece of ingenuity in a little newsletter, FomRHI.
> In the next edition someone
> pointed out that there was lots of evidence for the use of glue at that
> period in history and Ephraim very graciously bid adieu to his conjecture.
Indeed, this was a faux-pas of colossal proportions. Fishbone-glue was known
at least since Roman times. Lutherie's progress should always be considered
in connection with development of Fine Art's technologies, otherwise it
would get, shall we say, a little screwy........
RT
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