Dear Greg, I think the problem is in the original construction, they were normally dovetailed into the side of the pegbox and therefore scarcely relied on the glue joint at all. Given where you are now though, I'd go with the dowel idea which will give you a much greater gluing area plus some long-grain connection.
Best wishes, David At 10:09 AM -0600 26/1/06, Greg M. Silverman wrote: >Am having an issue with my chanterelle "snapping" off (in particular, >the pressure from tuning the first course has now twice broken the glue >bond between it and the head stock of my 11-course lute). >My luthier (who is highly recommended by my teacher having actually >worked for my teacher and having done extensive work on his many lutes) >suggests that he now reattach this using small dowels for more support. >Having done some woodworking in my life, I can see the rationale for >this and am game in him doing this. > >Am wondering though a) if there could be any potential problems (given >that he is very competent, I seriously doubt that this will be the >case); b) if historically, this was ever done (given that dowels are >pretty much old school woodworking technology, it would seem rather odd >if this method for providing ultimate structural support at the join >between the chanterelle and the head stock had never before been employed). > >Danke Schoen! > >Greg-- > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- The Smokehouse, 6 Whitwell Road, Norwich, NR1 4HB England. Telephone: + 44 (0)1603 629899 Website: http://www.vanedwards.co.uk
