Hello, In the late 70's, I was involved with development and production of a lute kit. The rosettes were cut into the soundboards using a laser by a company in California. The result was much better than the plastic insert rosette that was used by the competing kit. It was not an inexpensive process at that time.
They could be cleaned up and over under carving done to produce a decent result depending on the builders skill. I picked out several nice soundboards and used them in student instruments in the early '80's. I know of two that are still being used professionally. Just a little perspective. David On Apr 24, 2015, at 8:36 AM, Geoff Gaherty <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2015-04-24 3:07 AM, Franz Mechsner wrote: >> I found the following on an architecture discussion list, maybe it is >> of interest for the art of cutting roses, or for the art of thinking >> about roses? > > The inexpensive lutes and baroque guitars made in Pakistan and sold by > Mid-East in the US and The Early Music Shop in the UK, all have roses cut by > lasers. > > http://www.mid-east.com/Strings/Roosebeck-Lutes/Roosebeck-Deluxe-8-Course-Lute-Sheesham > > Geoff > > -- > Geoff Gaherty > Foxmead Observatory > Coldwater, Ontario, Canada > http://www.gaherty.ca > http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
