On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 4:35 PM, stephen arndt <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with David that string span and spacing are extremely important, > and, as one about to have a lute built, I am wondering whether it would help > to send the luthier a tracing of my right and left hands to help him > calculate span and spacing correctly. I also agree with Ned that instrument > size is very important. I have a 13-course that has a wonderfully warm tone > when tuned to A=392, but it is too large for me, and the neck is too heavy, > and I can't play it very long without developing neck, shoulder, and back > problems. The shoe analogy is an excellent one. Perhaps when there was a > luthier in every town, it was much easier to get a good fit, but I live in > Texas, and the luthier who will build my next lute (Cezar Mateus) lives in > New Jersey.
So, how would I know if the lute I currently have has "good enough" spacing? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
