Subject: [LUTE] Re: 8-ch lute strings spacing
To: Gregory Brown delphinconsult...@earthlink.net
Cc: 'Luca Manassero' l...@manassero.net, 'lute'
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Thursday, November 15, 2012, 5:18 AM
No - width of the neck will be determined by the string spacing
...@mac.com
To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 23:40
Subject: [LUTE] Re: 8-ch lute strings spacing
My medium hands love my fat necks.
I have an E lute made from an old vandervogel guitar and Mel was
constrained by the join to keep the neck join pretty thick
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Edward Mast
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 6:14 PM
To: Luca Manassero
Cc: lute
Subject: [LUTE] Re: 8-ch lute strings spacing
String spacing is indeed most important. But I rarely (never?) see
mentioned
Smith lutesm...@mac.com
To: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, 14 November 2012, 23:40
Subject: [LUTE] Re: 8-ch lute strings spacing
My medium hands love my fat necks.
I have an E lute made from an old vandervogel guitar and Mel was
constrained
It depends on the player, the technique and the size of the hands, the
width of the fingers, etc., but in the critical spacing of the first
three courses I would not go below 5mm center to enter between pairs
and below 11.5 between the chanterelle and the next string over, if the
Ninety percent of lutes have the wrong spacing, so it is worth getting it
right when it is built. dt
I am currently having an 8-course instrument built. Do you think it would
help to send the builder a tracing of my hands, or would I have to go visit
him in person, which is not very
Dear list,
five years ago at the Neuburg (Bavaria) Summer Academy I happened
to try an 8 course lute built for a friend of mine by Martin Shepherd:
the strings spacing fitted so perfectly that later on I e-mailed Martin
to have his strings spacing. I still use it on all my
String spacing is indeed most important. But I rarely (never?) see mentioned
thickness of the neck. For a couple of years I played an 8 course lute with a
rather thin neck, which I assumed to be normal. Then I got an 8 course with a
thicker neck and found (I do have large hands) that barred
By thickness, do you mean the width of the neck?
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From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf
Of Edward Mast
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 6:14 PM
To: Luca Manassero
Cc: lute
Subject: [LUTE] Re: 8-ch lute strings spacing
String
My medium hands love my fat necks.
I have an E lute made from an old vandervogel guitar and Mel was constrained by
the join to keep the neck join pretty thick. He offered to take it down later
if it got to be a bear but I like it. Probably not optimal for most but it
works just fine for me.
Mast nedma...@aol.com wrote:
From: Edward Mast nedma...@aol.com
Subject: [LUTE] Re: 8-ch lute strings spacing
To: Luca Manassero l...@manassero.net
Cc: lute lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012, 3:14 PM
String spacing is indeed most important. But I
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