Hi all, I was just wondering if anybody knows how to measure the opening surface of a lute rosette ? I should explain further : I'm trying to compare some lute roses patterns,because I believe one important thing for sound , to some extent, is the opening of the soundhole (on a guitar, for example, it is quite easy to measure the opening surface , and to increase or decrease it, and eventuelly to find the best soundhole diameter). The problem is, that for the same diameter, two different rose patterns will probably show a different opening surface ! It would be then interesting to know precisely how much, when choosing between patterns with a customer for example.
Is there an easy and simple method to measure or calculate this surface? (I'm not talking about some hard computer program or complex mathematical formula ...we're lute makers after all ...) thank you julien Julien Stryjak - Luthier Luths et instruments `a cordes anciens 17 rue Sleidan, F-67000 STRASBOURG 00 33 (0)3 88 45 05 87 [1]www.julienstryjak.com -- References 1. http://www.julienstryjak.com/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
