You could ask Mel Wong to fix it, his repairs are excellent. You can swing through SF and we will drink Single Malts.
dt At 01:27 PM 12/10/2009, you wrote: > This is so discouraging. I have been trying to decide what to do with > my archlute he built for me. It has been sitting in its case for years > because it is unplayable. Basically, it has a bulge in the soundboard > around the 12th fret and buzzes up there. I've been to two lute makers > here who refuse to fix it. It may require a new top as the top is so > thin in that area. I've pretty much decided it just isn't worth the > risk of sending it back to Brazil for a fix. The shipping would be a > lot and I may not get it back. > > I'll be coming to CA in a couple of months and thought of swinging > through Vancouver where there is either Grant Tomlinson or Ray Nurse, > but I've heard Air Canada has gone very draconian on their oversize > baggage policy. How about luthiers in Northern CA? Any recommendations > of someone who could either repair or replace the top with a new > wonderful top reasonably? Airlines to look at? > > TIA > On Dec 11, 2009, at 4:21 AM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > Luciano's site has been sitting as is for several years. One of the > instruments pictured there is my own. I also have several images in > my own > files of several instruments underway in his shop at the time that > site was > being assembled. Something has changed between then and now. His > web site > hasn't. > > Ed Durbrow > Saitama, Japan > [1][email protected] > [2]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > -- > >References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
