>> > I acquired a lute with some damage to the >> > soundboard. Â There is a buzzing loose brace >> > and an open soundboard-bowl seam.
slack the string tension and put it back in its case. play something else until your luthier returns. This Loose brace may be just the beginning, could have defective glue joints all thru the top. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html