>>From: Herbert Ward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > and Caroline Usher
>>Does a good lute builder know everything about fine woodworking? >> >>Or are there areas of cabinetmaking, carving, modeling, etc which >>require interesting knowledge that a lute builder doesn't need? well, not all who build lutes will be master craftsmen, some are journeymen, some aprentices. Those who are masters will be more than makers of lutes, they will bel uthiers, and probably willm ake other strings as well. Viols and violins have carved bits (head, scroll), come to think on it, some lutes adorn the peg box back and sides with carving. Is not the rose a tricky bnit of carving (yes, low relief, but still). The instrument itself may not have much variety of joinery, but what about the workshop and its fittings? Historically the worker in wood makes his own tools and chests to store them in. The workbench, shelving, the bed for his lathes, a stool or two to sit upon, a 'horse' to use his drawknife at, perhaps the shop itself. Oh, yes, all those projects to keep the wife happy, cristmass presents for das kinder... > Of course, lute builders and fine furniture makes are alike in that they > NEVER USE BRADS to hold a joint together. iron nayles are much too expensive, but treenayles are quite another fastener. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
