Some guitar makers have also believed that neck stiffness improves the sound. Ramirez 1A guitars have a significant graphite-epoxy inset along the neck to stiffen it, and that is said to be significant in a neck that is only 66.7cm.
A. John Mardinly, Ph.D., P.E. On Mar 23, 2019, at 2:22 PM, howard posner <[1]howardpos...@ca.rr.com> wrote: On Mar 23, 2019, at 5:43 AM, Luca Manassero <[2]l...@manassero.net> wrote: Iâm about to ask him to rebuild the long neck of my big Hasenfuss theorbo, as the instrument has a fantastic voice, but Hasenfuss built a very heavy long neck, so it is really painful to homd during concerts. A lighter neck should solve the issue. All the best, Luca Consider that the heavy neck may be part of what makes the fantastic voice. I've been told that a neck that's heavy, and therefore does not vibrate, increases resonance because a vibrating neck has a damping effect on the body of the instrument. I don't recall whether Hendrik told me that, or it was volunteered by someone else, and I can't vouch for its accuracy as a matter of acoustical science. But I can tell you that the heavy neck on my Hasenfuss theorbo was never a problem because I never held the instrument while I played it. I just used a strap, and ran a leather or fake-leather bootlace from the bridge-end of the instrument and sat on it (the lace, NOT the instrument). I could take my hands off the theorbo completely. Indeed, listeners may have preferred it when I did. And it's a lot cheaper than rebuilding the neck. H To get on or off this list see list information at [3]https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cs.dartmouth .edu_-7Ewbc_lute-2Dadmin_index.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n 1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZONBRt90E&m=dI7 xnDPu2Bjw9zV3K5G0E9IDY4yelOErGet17R0lSoA&s=zWiWsrleJ4nToa6SSrmJ7P-6D006 twxiBkUKArhZubU&e= References 1. mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com 2. mailto:l...@manassero.net 3. https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.cs.dartmouth.edu_-7Ewbc_lute-2Dadmin_index.html&d=DwIFaQ&c=l45AxH-kUV29SRQusp9vYR0n1GycN4_2jInuKy6zbqQ&r=VLPJ8OE-c_C6joGeE1ftlvxMmQPq9N6mpKZONBRt90E&m=dI7xnDPu2Bjw9zV3K5G0E9IDY4yelOErGet17R0lSoA&s=zWiWsrleJ4nToa6SSrmJ7P-6D006twxiBkUKArhZubU&e=