Hi, Kevin: My small Renaissance lute, slightly smaller than your requested mensur at 55 cm, has a 55 cm length also for the central rib. It is based on the Hes lute in the Paris Museum of Decorative Arts (original in ivory; mine is curly maple...).
Regards, Daniel Heiman ==================== On Wed, 25 Apr 2007 20:15:28 -0700 (PDT) Kevin Kishimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear collective lute wisdom, > I'm wondering if some of you with smallish renaissance g-lutes > (57-60 cm stringlength) would be willing to take a measurement for > me. Could you please measure the length of the center rib on your > lute from the bottom of the soundboard, around the curve of the > bowl, to the neck block (using a tape measure)? Cm or inches would > be fine. I've got some really nice looking maple, but I'm not sure > if it would be long enough to build a lute. And if you know upon > which historical model your lute is based, I'd appreciate that info > also. Thanks in advance. > Kevin > > > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
