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That's really interesting, Louis.
Tim
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Thanks very much for sharing, Louis! These are exactly the kinds of ideas I
was hoping to get. :)
Bill
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Bill,
A lute rib tapers at each end, which means the outer fibers that would have
made it down to the fastening point on each end are cut. As a result, there
is no c
Hi,
If it isn't a trade secret, I wonder if anybody can tell me how to get
scalloped ribs? I know that ribs do tend to scallop a little bit,
naturally, when the bowl is put together, but I have seen lutes with an
altogether more pronounced scalloping. This feature also appears in
Spruce and cedar, sycamore and (something else I've forgotten). The
taxonomy of trees is confused by the local names. The English have
different local names than Americans (that is the sycamore, and my
forgotten English name). The pear I turn for hollow forms is not the
pear of Europe - it is c
There was a spell in the 70s when WRC tops were very popular in the
UK. This was largely down to the luthier Philip Macleod-Coupe, who
built lutes in all sizes for Tony Rooley and Jim Tyler's "Consort of
Musick". These WRC-topped lutes eventually fell out of favour when
makers deci
