Yes, and even the bridge is amaranth!
Yes, and even the bridge is amaranth!
I just used standard alcohol-based varnish. Tbh I when I started this build, I didn’t even realise it would do that. 😅
Those are standard (albeit fancy) “french eye” tuning pegs from Thomann Germany. The endpin is in the same style. Maybe for the next instrument I will try to make them myself.
I wish. Lutes are an entirely different beast. Definitely on my bucket list, though.
So far I just use a baroque bow. I work on a cherry bow from time to time, but it’s quite difficult.
And here is a Quick vocaroo where I play a few notes on each string.
That’s probably because they’re closely related. Every region in Europe has their own variation of a small, pear-shaped, three-stringed instrument. There’s the Russian gudok, Bulgarian gadulka, Spanish rabel, and so on…
I think the masked-off area is easy to spot:
The body got an alcohol-varnish and the fingerboard is oiled. Worked pretty well.
I posted the full build here: https://lemmy.world/post/19796054
Some more pictures:
I’m now doing the hide glue method. I did a test piece and oil doesn’t seem to penetrate the hide glue at all.
This type of guide would wear out too fast, I think. It would also take away from the drill length, which I need to drill relatively deep holes (high depth to Diameter ratio).
I think that’s exactly what I need! At least this type of drill guide:
Why are very different kinds of tools named the same?
The word “caffra”
for instance, numerous creatures, especially in Africa, have as part of their scientific name the word caffra, cafferiana, caffrorum, and other similar derivations of an Arabic word for “infidel” that is now considered a highly offensive racial slur and regarded as hate speech in South Africa.
One point I want to add: Throughout most of human history, it was economically beneficial to have lots of children. They were your retirement plan (and cheap labor).
In most developed countries, this is no longer the case. People who want children get one or two, just to scratch the itch, but that’s not enough to sustain the population (without migration).