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Building a small baroque guitar.
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Nice,
I already knew a little Battente Guitar in the Cité de la Musique Paris.
Do you know where i can find pictures of this instrument?
It might be relevant to mention that there is a very pretty chitarrina battente in the museum in Rome. String length 37.6 cm.
Peter
At a Dutch guitar builders forum there is a contest in building small guitarss.
I've decided to build a little baroque guitar.
It's design is based on the guitars by Voboam. But with a round back.
Why? Because it's fun to build
You can find a tran…
Thanks for finding time to prove this! :-D
Well, OUP doesn't seem to be immune from publishing 'joke' books like that once in a while; only proving again and again that paper can withstand all the rigors of the turbulent nature of the human mind :)
Nice book
Google translate doesn't work for it, but it's quite clear in it's pictures.
Always good to see books like this.
I've posted my own the workbook (lute) in the 'building and repair' part of the lute-forum.
I'd use Hide Glue, it's reversible if needed.
By adding screws you're adding a lot of weight to the bridge. It will affect your tone.
With a needle i punch little holes in the underside of my bridge and in the soundboard. I also carve little groov…
Ha ha, very good!
Can we get a picture of the tool/punches?
Mini-baroque guitar? Tell us more...
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- At 10:07am on September 9, 2009,
Jelma van Amersfoort said…
- Nog een kleintje (ca 1700):
Deze komt uit het Museu de la Música, Barcelona.
- At 9:21pm on August 30, 2009,
Jelma van Amersfoort said…
- Beste Jan, er zijn hier nog een paar Nederlanders, en ook een stel op de zuster-site over luiten. Ik zou het wel leuk vinden om als het gitaartje af is, wat instrumenten van je te zien in het echt. Misschien kunnen we tegen die tijd wat afspreken? Vriendelijke groeten, Jelma van Amersfoort
- At 1:02pm on August 30, 2009,
Andreae, Siegfried said…
- ok Jan,
thank´s for your compliment for my simple version of "Here comes the sun", another rock-ballade will follow ;-)).
kindest regards - Siegfried
- At 12:41pm on August 28, 2009,
Jelma van Amersfoort said…
- Beste Jan, leuk om je hier te zien, ik had je al ergens op een gitaarforum gespot. Vroeg me af hoe het was afgelopen met je mini-luit :-) Hartelijke groeten, Jelma van Amersfoort
- At 11:20am on August 23, 2009,
Andreae, Siegfried said…
- Hi Jan, welcome, you make lute?
(and an intelligency test to find your website with only ww. ;-))) )
greatings - Siegfried
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