Whilst visiting the one of the most charming cities in Italia, Cremona, where Stradivari worked. I visited the museum that houses tools, and moulds etc. from his workshop, I was hoping some energy from the master would be absorbed into my DNA, my hopes were fulfilled.
I noticed a lute template of the belly ( 11 course French lute) made from thick paper, folded down the middle to from the centre line, indicating to me, that lutes were originally conceived to be symmetrically prefect, and do in fact have a clear centre line, contrary to what Lundberg says. Has anyone had access to investigate these moulds of Stradivari ? There were also very clear string spacing templates for the bridge and nut, as well as pegbox and fingerboard templates. As well as 2 different guitar shapes, and many different peghead templates. Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
