Yes, there is a way, Most luteforms are build up from circles. There is a section in Robert Lundberg's "Historical Lute construction" about this. You can get it from stewmac.com or maybe even amazon.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ernstjan van Geest - Luthier van Geest Gitaar & Luitbouw - Hasselt, Belgium www.vangeest.be 011 / 33.16.91 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- Van: Duncan Midwinter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Verzonden: dinsdag 5 februari 2008 9:00 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: lute body... Yes, I'm perfectly capable of doing this -- in fact that's how I've made all my previous lutes -- my question was IS there a way to do this? -- On 05/02/2008, alexandros tzimeros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Just use your hand and eyes... > > -----Original Message----- > From: Duncan Midwinter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 8:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] lute body... > > Is there a method for drawing the teardrop shape of a lute soundboard > using > circles? I've been messing around in Adobe Illustrator drawing different > sized circles and can almost get there -- but not quite. > > -- > Duncan Midwinter > > midwinterDesign creative website design > http://www.midwinterdesign.co.uk > > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > --
