>> There are very detailed instructions on how to build a bowl mould but no >> mention on how to facet them
You will need to know what the design of the lute is both for section (circular, 'shallow' circle, 'deep' circle, eliptical, parabolic ...) and in length. Imagine this is a boat, draw three views (side, above, ends-on). Mark the length and the above view with arbitrary lines - central axis (keel), perpendiculars to the axis (ribs). Mark the ends-on and side view with horizontal lines. Now you draw the curves, beginning with the ends-on view, showing the edges of the ribs. Go library and look for books on lofting, an aspectof Naval Architecture. >From the completed drawings you make xerox (Office depot and similar copy centers have machines that print from roll paper and can do 400% blow up, your original drawings can be scaled. The rest is mechanical and obvious. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
