>Lundberg did not say that lute bellies weren't symmetrical, >just that the
lute
>as a whole doesn't have a clear center line.
Without getting lundbergs book out, he says something to the
effect that there isn't a straight line on the lute except the strings.
I guess it depends on how you look at it. I prefer to think in terms
that the lute has a center line and the neck is tilted.
From my experience with the few different lutes I've made, the
originals are not perfectly symmetrical. For many reasons age, stress etc.
poor workmanship. For this reason alone, coming across Stadivari's template,
and seeing first hand that lutes were conceived from the beginning to be
perfectly symmetrical cleared up at least for me some of the mystery.
I know many makers will copy a lute with every distortion, and
imperfection, it seems for me that this might not be the way to do it.
I wonder if these early makers had some mind set to stop just short of
perfection?
Michael Thames
www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com
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From: "Garry Bryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 5:54 AM
Subject: RE: Stradivari lute?
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Thames [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 10:55 AM
> > To: Lute net
> > Subject: Stradivari lute?
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> [GB>]
>
> Lundberg did not say that lute bellies weren't symmetrical, just that the
lute
> as a whole doesn't have a clear center line.
>
> If you'll look at page 76 ( Practicum One: Making the Form ) in
"Historical Lute
> Construction", you'll notice that Lundberg's instructions coincide with
what you
> describe above.
>
> I'm sure that Martin Shepherd (first name out of the brain this morning.)
or
> someone else can probably give a concise description of the "asymmetry" of
the
> lute. It's too early for me; I need more coffee >:)
>
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