I’d have asked him the question I asked you. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 23, 2019, at 18:02, Roman Turovsky <r.turov...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Pat's opinion re the luthier's fault. > RT > >> On 3/23/2019 7:01 PM, howard posner wrote: >> What do you base that conclusion on? >> Did the lute formerly have a lighter neck? >> >>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 3:16 PM, r.turov...@gmail.com wrote: >>> >>> One of my lutes is neck-heavy, and it definitely has been detrimental to >>> its sound. >>> RT >>> >>> ==== >>> http://turovsky.org >>> Feci quod potui. Faciant meliora potentes. >>> >>>> On Mar 23, 2019, at 5:48 PM, yuval.dvo...@posteo.de wrote: >>>> >>>> My lute builder, Dieter Schossig, is actually a physicist, and he also >>>> told me about this. It's about the energy that gets lost in the neck, >>>> instead of reinforcing the sound. >>>> >>>> Am 23.03.2019 22:29 schrieb John Mardinly: >>>>> 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: >>>>> I‘m 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 >> http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
