Dear Daniel,
This thin slice of bone is precisely what I was referring to. I'm sure
you have seen many lutes with these cap.
All the best.
2014-07-25 18:44 GMT-03:00 Dan Winheld <[1][email protected]>:
Never had a bone on any of my lute bridges (except the guitar saddle
bone on my first guitary-semi-lute). I have never seen a bone on any
lute bridge either. A thin slice of bone, ivory, or hard wood seems
like a good idea to limit string wear on the top edges of a bridge,
so long as it does not increase mass to the extent of degrading the
sound. Of course, as a player & not a luthier I'm sure I haven't all
the lutes out there. Maybe some Tielke extravaganza has bone or
ivory bridge decoration.
What particular lutes have you seen with this feature? Any pictures?
Dan
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