Thank - you [and thank-you Waling who also replied].
That makes sense and matches up with what I can see a the bottom of my
own guitar.
Monica
----- Original Message -----
From: [1]Trovatrice
To: [2]Monica Hall
Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 3:01 PM
Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] RCM Catalogue
You are correct Monica. The tailblock is the piece inside the body,
at the far (bottom) end of the lower "bout", to which the two side
pieces (ribs) are glued (sometimes with a decorative vertical strip
at the seam). If you were to add a strap peg (or as you have
speculated, a series of outboard string pegs, as on a Portuguese
guitar) you would drill/screw through the relatively thin side ribs
and into the tailblock for support.
Trovatrice
On Mon, Jan 11, 2010 at 9:02 AM, Monica Hall <[3][email protected]>
wrote:
I wonder whether many people have seen the Royal College of
Music's
catalogue of stringed instruments in their museum
It is Absolutely Fabulous.
I also have a query for those of you who are more expert than I am
on
instrument construction.
I assume that the "tailblock" is a block at the bottom end of the
instrument (opposite end from the pegbox).
I have been reading about the Tessler guitar (on which my guitar
is
based).
It says "The vertical chequerboard strip at the rib joint on the
tailblock stops short at the top strip of the ribs, the remainder
being filled by a plain wooden inlay. This as well as some
lifting
and distortion of the tailblock, ribs and front suggests that
there was
a stage when the strings were hitched to the tail. The bone nut
is
scalloped between the strings which may disguise the modification
of
the original paire notches."
I'm not sure what all this means but could it imply that the
instrument
was at one stage wire strung?
It only gives front and back views of the instrument - not the
bottom
end.
Monica
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