I try to keep a stock of Newtone Heritage 0.12 and 0.11 strings at home, but sometimes I only have enough for the current batch. I also usually have a few NH 0.10 sets and regular Newtone Masterclass 0.11 sets at home. Right now the stock is low, but a new load is on the way. It usually takes…
All lids have had their ribs glued and adjusted. For the lids, I use my collapsible go-bar and a base plate with the same radius as the underside of the ribs. Since I am gluing several large plates in the lid, they need to be glued to a surface that is curved in two dimensions, the bottom ribs, on the other hand, can be glued to a one-dimensional support with the same...
All the guitars in the current batch have had their cracks repaired (there were quite a few!). The bottoms have new ribs, the necks carbon fiber rods. All ribs and stall plates have been selected and cut, the ribs have been given the correct radius and triangulated. Unusually, I didn't have to thin either the lid or the bottom of any of the instruments as all...
I noticed an interesting detail on the 1926 Gottfrid Söderman lute that I'm currently working on. I think I've seen the same thing on other Söderman lutes, but didn't think much of it. After some thinking, I think I found a reason why he cut out two notches...
