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Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Re: Englemann Spruce
Yes, two different trees. Red cedar will be much softer. My music
teacher (no longer with us, unfortunately) had a lute
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
Thanks for your advice,
I've decided to go for Englemann. I'm going for grade 7 (Second down
from highest on their grade) which the timber supplier describes as
Near perfection - very slow growth, the widest
growth ring approximately 2mm within the template area.
Very limited
James,
To further confuse the issue, Northern Tonewoods offers Red Spruce soundboards.
http://www.hvgb.net/~tonewood/acousticguitar.htm
I'm in the middle of building an A lute with one of their soundboards. Tap tone
is very clear and bright. I don't know how the lute will sound, but it should
Shouldn't red spruce be synonymous with red cedar?
I've heard of cedar topped lutes - from what I understand (And I really
don't understand much yet!), cedar can work well on smaller lutes, A,
B, C and D ren lutes.
Unless I'm getting this wrong and red spruce IS different?
My
Red cedar and red Spruce are two different trees. Both are native to
North America. red spruce (picea rubens) is also known by Adirondack
spruce and comes from, you guessed it; the Eastern part of North
America along the Adirondack range. Western red cedar (Thuja plicata)
is native
Yes, two different trees. Red cedar will be much softer. My music teacher (no
longer with us, unfortunately) had a lute built by Larry Lundy in the 70s that
had a red cedar top and I loved the sound of it. I have a red cedar soundboard
that I'm planning to put on a lute to try and duplicate
James,
The high grade Englemann I have used produces a very warm full sound.
It is also by far the best looking wood. It has to be about 20% thicker
than Alpine for the same strength. I have not worked with Alpine
because the few pieces I have purchased (top grade) were of poor
