Lute making the old fashioned way

[kiwigeo]

An interesting article from the Lute Society on lute making using traditional methods:

http://www.lutesociety.org/pages/buildi ... al-methods

[jeffhigh]

Wow, that's dedication.

[charangohabsburg]

I certainly will have a close look to this!
That page is not to "eat through" in two minutes.
Thanks for the link, Martin.

[Sergy]

Thanks, Martin! Excellent link!
Methods and experience of early makers always is interested.

[charangohabsburg]

Not written by a Lie Nielsen devotee!

[simonm]

Slightly off-topic.

There is a museum (http://www.saalburgmuseum.de/english/home_engl.htm) near where I live which has an extensive exhibition of Roman handcrafts including carpentry and shoemaking. What is interesting is how little our tools change from the Romans until the advent of machine tools and hand held electric tools. Similarly the shoe designs that survive are pretty extremely similar to what we buy today at least as far as leather shoes and sandals go. I don't recall any musical instruments there.
A book on Roman and Greek and other groups' technology would be neat.

Simon

[Kamusur]

An excellent read Martin, thanks for the link.
Thats funny Markus yep nothing overstated or extraneous about the tooling.

Steve