Someone once told me that I needed to read the book, but that no one
would really build lutes that way. Having read the book, I would
agree. I'm glad he wrote the book and I refer to it a lot, but I
wouldn't build a lute that way.
Tim Motz
On Dec 17, 2008, at 8:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008, [email protected] said:
Hi.
I can't speak with authority but I think the Lundberg as great as
it is did not work out as had been hoped.
Yes, He gave a series of lectures in germany; the book pulls that
material
together. There was considerable trouble getting the results
published,
no one thought it could ever sell; I suspect he aimed the lectures at
people with some experience in building, using a variety of
methods. It
really is hard to do things entirely using historical technology.
Lighting is something we all take for granted for example, try
working by
lantern and firelight alone sometime; I will grant you modern windows
(instead of oiled parchment in frames).
--
Dana Emery
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