Laurence, You'll find find very detailed instructions in David's course. I was able to make a very acceptable rose without doing a practice one (apart from practising some basic cutting strokes), using the method and tools he describes. This was in the Renaissance lute course, but I guess it would be much the same in the Baroque version.
Regards Din Ghani > -----Original Message----- > From: Laurence Hall [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 07 March 2009 21:33 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] cutting the rose. > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm thinking of taking a shot at David van Edwards "build your own > Baroque lute" course, but, having made an EMS lute 25 > years ago, I made > a complete mess of the rose. I'd like to try to practice this a few > times before I go for the whole thing, but I'm having some > problems. > I've got a piece of Picea Abies to practice on, and I read that an > exacto knife is used for this purpose, after glueing a > paper drawing of > the rose to the prospective soundboard. Is this how most > people do it? > I find it extremely difficult to control (the exacto > knife) and I can't > help feeling I'm missing something. > > > > I looked up some info about chip carving on the web, they > use larger > knives for much the same purpose, only on a much larger > scale than the > detail we're used to in a rose. Can anyone tell me what > the best tools > are for this work? And if it's not too impertinent of me, could you > give a rough sketch of how a professional does it? > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Laurence Hall, > > Amsterdam > > -- > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
