My failsafe test for looses braces: take a tuning fork (preferably a
heavier one, like a low C fork), strike it, put the end on the sound
board and run it along the center and the sides of the top.
But what happens then? I tried it. In some places it sounded louder than
others but that's all. I only have an A forrdk.
MOnica
If you have one of those
reverse-funnel rosettes it would make me suspect there. If it is a
carved lute rose, then a split or splinter there. Buzzing can be a
real mystery to find! Garry
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 11:06 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Buzzing [was "Gut strings"]
Hi Monica,
A couple of things you might check (though you may well have done
so already) - Loose string ends at the peghead or the bridge -
these could shift around with humidity changes. Don't want to
worry you, but I had some intractible buzzing on one of my lutes
that eventually resolved itself when the bridge flew off.
Fortunately it came off cleanly and was easily fixed. Anyway - No
harm in looking closely at the lower edge of the bridge to see if
there's any sign of it wanting to part company with the
soundboard. It's best to eliminate the easy things before
undertaking more complicated investigations.
Not a guitar person myself, particularly, but I'd have thought
that these fancy rosettes are a place where buzzing might be
located too - some little bit of parchment waggling like a tuning
fork maybe? Again, that could be influenced by humidity. Then
again there are the inlays
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