Dear Christopher, MOP cant be bend. You can only do that with bone (and maybe ivory). If you bend MOP it will break. So the trick is to get a thick enough piece of MOP and inlay it in the open spot. Glue it and file it down to the fingerboard afterwards.
Yours, Ernstjan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernstjan van Geest - Luthier van Geest Gitaar & Luitbouw - Hasselt, Belgium www.vangeest.be 011 / 43.77.71 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Solaris Solarium [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: dinsdag 30 januari 2007 0:28 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: bending mother of pearl etc Hi, I'm restoring an 18th c. cetra I recently acquired, and will be replacing a missing bit of fingerboard that should had a little decorative motherofpearl veneer. Any suggestions as to how to bend this to the arch of the fingerboard surface? Head and strap? thanks! christopher davies portland OR --------------------------------- Don't pick lemons. See all the new 2007 cars at Yahoo! Autos. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
