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"There are quite a lot of varieties of 'parchment paper'. Some are difficult to glue…" Peter Forrester replied Feb 23, 2013 to Material for vihuela rosette	14	Mar 11, 2013 Reply by Rodrigo Mateus
"Hello Gavin, Jonathan, It has just struck me that 64 cm is rather short for a baroq…" Peter Forrester replied Jan 16, 2013 to Books on baroque guitar construction	39	Sep 1, 2015 Reply by Jan van Cappelle
"Please beware of ordinary chalk, which can lead to peg wear. For the past forty yea…" Peter Forrester replied Nov 27, 2012 to Baroque guitar pegs treatment	4	Nov 27, 2012 Reply by Akira Sakamoto
"Some thoughts:- I believe that ground glass, washed sand and pulverised brick all ap…" Peter Forrester replied Oct 18, 2012 to spirit varnish	11	Oct 18, 2012 Reply by Scot Tremblay
"I originally ( between forty and thirty years ago) varnished the bellies of lutes, 4…" Peter Forrester replied Oct 17, 2012 to spirit varnish	11	Oct 18, 2012 Reply by Scot Tremblay
"Many Italian baroque guitars have striped decoration around the side of the peg-head…" Peter Forrester replied Jun 19, 2012 to vihuela peghead thickness	1	Jun 19, 2012 Reply by Peter Forrester
"I wouldn't know how to fit a truss-rod, and doubt if the Voboam or Sellas families w…" Peter Forrester replied Apr 22, 2012 to Attaching the Top-Flaminco style or?	16	Apr 22, 2012 Reply by Peter Forrester
"Strength of the paper depends upon the length of the fibre, linen being the usual lo…" Peter Forrester replied Apr 21, 2012 to Attaching the Top-Flaminco style or?	16	Apr 22, 2012 Reply by Peter Forrester
"I think that Alexander and others have looked inside more 17th c. guitars than mysel…" Peter Forrester replied Apr 20, 2012 to Attaching the Top-Flaminco style or?	16	Apr 22, 2012 Reply by Peter Forrester
"Back in those bad old days around 1970, I did notice that the Morlaye illustration s…" Peter Forrester replied Mar 28, 2012 to Renaissance guitar technique?	47	Jul 2, 2014 Reply by Akira Sakamoto

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