Lute Progress -

[Kim]

Said with my best Python French accent:

Ooooooooowww!! I look at her big round bottom in the background, and I get 'sooooo' excited!!!

Tis yummy Marty

Cheers

Kim

[duh Padma]

.
After seeing matthews intermission pics,
me got thinking about that yer lute might look like with that rosette done up in gold leaf.

In fact, me gonna do just that, ya, a gilded up rosette, with some sort of gem stone in the center.

blessings
duh Padma

[kiwigeo]

A bit more work on the lute today.....chiseled out the rebate in the neck for the peg head. The chisel is one of my work horses...a Robert Sorby 3/4" paring chisel.

[kiwigeo]

The bridge with clamps off. The bridge is slighly off centre relative to the rosette but this is common on lutes. The position of the bridge is determined by the layup of the top string (chantrelle).

[duh Padma]

Real gooder looking it is!


blessings

[auscab]

Great pictures there Martin, Iv'e spent quite a bit of time looking at them day dreaming, did the strips on the back of the neck get glued separately ? or three at a time ?

cheers Rob

[Alastair]

noice

[kiwigeo]

Great pictures there Martin, Iv'e spent quite a bit of time looking at them day dreaming, did the strips on the back of the neck get glued separately ? or three at a time ?

cheers Rob

Hi Rob,

Started with the middle RW strip and then worked out to each side gluing up a RW strip and purfling strip with each gluing session. A tedious task getting strips on neck matched up with the body.....twice I had to go back to square one and start again with a new neck core.

[kiwigeo]

More progress on the lute. Made up the pegbox frame and got the veneers done on the sides and end of same. Next step is drilling the pilot holes for the pegs and then completing the veneering.

[Clancy]

Does the back of the pegbox get the stripey treatment too?

[kiwigeo]

Does the back of the pegbox get the stripey treatment too?

That very much depends on my patience and tolerance levels for failure. The veneering on the neck shaft took at least 3 attempts to get right. Unfortunately looking at the back of the neck and the back of the pegbox and bearing in mind my totally anal approach to building I dont really have much choice do I?

[charangohabsburg]

Looks great!

I know this is probably not very important, but I'm just curious: which woods did you use for the neck core and pegbox frame? I think centuries ago it was quite common to use very light wood (conifers) for the neck core.

[kiwigeo]

Looks great!

I know this is probably not very important, but I'm just curious: which woods did you use for the neck core and pegbox frame? I think centuries ago it was quite common to use very light wood (conifers) for the neck core.

I used lime wood for the neck core and European Beech for the pegbox frame.

[Nick]

Not sure the orange tipped clamp was part of the original lutes were they?
Looking rather tasty Martin & I'm guessing we're gonna get the full stripey treatment on this peghead!

[Clancy]

bearing in mind my totally anal approach to building I dont really have much choice do I?

I kinda figured thet would be the case

[kiwigeo]

Have been doing a bit of research on how various lute makers have decorated the back of their pegboxes. I can only find one instrument where all the stripes on the neck have been carried through the back of the peghead. On some instruments the maker has carried only two or 4 of the stripes through the pegbox. What Ill probably do is carry one pair of stripes through to the pegbox. The veneer is 0.8mm thick on the pegbox of my lute so its going to be a tricky job.

[kiwigeo]

Back of the pegbox veneered. I decided to keep it simple and carry two purling strips up outer edges of pegbox back.

[DarwinStrings]

Wow, that thing is impressive, not sure what possessed you to make it Martin, talk about "proper job nut files" minus the "files".

Jim

Botanical names ROCK!

[kiwigeo]

Wow, that thing is impressive, not sure what possessed you to make it Martin, talk about "proper job nut files" minus the "files".

Jim

Botanical names ROCK!

Yeah no coincidence that lute and lunacy start with the same letter

[kiwigeo]

Despite spending most of the day distracted by other matters I finally managed to get the pegbox and neck mated....another major milestone on this build. I was of two minds regarding the screw through the pegbox into the neck but ended up doing it purely as insurance.

[Clancy]

I knew you'd screw it up eventually

[kiwigeo]

I knew you'd screw it up eventually

Lucky Ive still got a sense of humour at the end of today.

[Allen]

I like the way that just a couple of purfling lines continue on to the peg box. All of them would be away too much, and none would look unfinished.

[TKAY]

Thanks for the progress pics ,it is certainly inspiring a fair few to greater things.
I see the peg holes are drilled, will you be using modern tapers or the slightly narrower old
pitch?
Tom.

[kiwigeo]

Thanks for the progress pics ,it is certainly inspiring a fair few to greater things.
I see the peg holes are drilled, will you be using modern tapers or the slightly narrower old
pitch?
Tom.

Hi Tom,

Peg holes are plot holes only and have been rough reamed with a 1/30 taper reamer. Ill stick with this taper for the final fit of the pegs.