Graham, I recently bought a lute on line that arrived with the peg box unglued. By looking in Robert Lundberg's "Historical Lute Construction" I was able to see how he glued his peg boxes on and to thus do the reglueing myself. Also, the top of the lute was worn where the previous player rested and moved his fingers. From Lundberg's book I learned that he does not varnish the top, but uses a carnauba wax to protect it. So I was able to get some similar wax and protect the area from further wear. If I had a luthier nearby I guess I would let him/her do the work, but I don't so try to do what I can myself. Lundberg's book takes you through the whole process of building an instrument.
Good luck and best wishes, Ned On Jul 3, 2010, at 3:35 PM, Graham Freeman wrote: > All, > With the conversation below in mind, can anyone suggest a good book or > other source that can assist with some of the DIY-elements of playing > the lute? I'm probably getting my luthier to do things that I ought to > be able to do myself. Where should we go to teach ourselves how to do > this without destroying our instrument during the learning? > Graham Freeman > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Sean Smith <[1][email protected]> > wrote: > > Dear Wim, > At the bottom of [1]this page you'll find a handful of string > calculators. They aren't difficult to use. As you continue down > the > garden path that is the lute world you'll find yourself changing > frets, > measuring lengths and diameters, tying knots, playing with > matches, > knives and clippers and generally slipping into a DIY culture. > It's > just the way it is. You can pick up digital calipers in the US for > ~$10(!) from [2][2]www.HarborFreight.com and every luter should > have one > near his string box. > Both strings and their surrounding conversation are, in turns, > fascinating, boring, colorful, off-putting, helpful, misleading > (in the > sense of useful for some; less for others), historic, almost > historic, > historic looking, maybe historic sounding, modern, "whatever", and > lots > of flavors in between depending on period, instrument, experiance, > purpose, budget and whim (pun intended :^). Spend a couple of > hours in > the archives --you'll see. I'm sure plenty of opinions and > contentions > arose in the old days too so, in that sense, we are being fairly > historic and maybe as, characteristically, nerdly. Eventually > you'll > realize it's not a bug but a feature. > Have fun and good luck, > Sean > > On Jul 3, 2010, at 8:52 AM, Wim Loos wrote: > Dear all, > My renaissance 8-course lute, string lenghts 615 mm,pitch a=415 Hz > need > new strings. It is tuned g'g' d'd' aa ff cc Gg Ff Dd I will try > Nylgut, can anybody advise me wich plain/wounded strings I shoud > buy. > Present I use nylon strings. > Thanks in Advance, > Wim Loos > > __________________________________________________________________ > Voeg eenvoudig je Hyves vrienden toe aan je [1]Hotmail en > Messenger. > -- > References > 1. > > > [3][3]http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowslive/Views/product > detail > > .aspx?product=MessengerHyves&WT.mc_id=msn3 > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [4][4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- > References > 1. [5]http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/links/index.html > 2. [6]http://www.HarborFreight.com/ > > 3. > [7]http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowslive/Views/productdetail > .aspx?product=MessengerHyves&WT.mc_id=msn3 > > 4. [8]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > Dr. Graham Freeman > Ph. D Musicology > University of Toronto > [9][email protected] > -- > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. http://www.HarborFreight.com/ > 3. http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowslive/Views/productdetail > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html > 5. http://www.cittern.theaterofmusic.com/links/index.html > 6. http://www.HarborFreight.com/ > 7. > http://www.microsoft.com/netherlands/windowslive/Views/productdetail.aspx?product=MessengerHyves&WT.mc_id=msn3 > 8. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html > 9. mailto:[email protected] >
