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Sorry to hear that. He was always a good supporter of MIMF.

That's a pretty ambitious project. I built an HD with 90 strings (3 strings/course) based on Charlie Alms' book. It is heavy and tuning all those strings is a pain in the neck. It has a 1/4" plywood back and a floating redwood top (1/4" too IIRC). It does have fairly substantial internal b...

Happy New Year all! Here are the entries in the order they were received: 1 Eric Knapp 2 Bob Ionta 3 JC Whitney 4 Bill Raymond 5 Bob Gramann 6 Carl Dickinson 7 Karl Wickland 8 Bryan Bear 9 Joshua Levin-Epstein 10 Alain Lambert 11 Paul Rhoney 12 Peter Wilcox 13 Darrel Friesen Here is the drawing from...

Hi all, For this end-of-the-year giveaway, I'll give out four StewMac $100 USD gift certificates! It will work like our previous ones- to enter, add a post to this thread saying so. The first responder is 1, the second is 2, and so on. When the time ends, I'll use a random number generator to pick f...

I've built a couple of HDs, one with a floating (redwood) top and one with a fixed (spruce) top. They've both held up fine and I put sound holes in both. I don't think one is easier than the other. Both tops were about 1/4" thick, but I did have to edge glue them up. You might also check out ou...

Hello Fellow Luthiers! We are students of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Class of 2026 working on a project for the Fretology project (https://fretology.org) developed by the Electric Guitar Innovation Lab at WPI. We’re conducting a survey to understand where luthiers like you get your inform...

Should be fixed now. Sorry for the unexpected down time.

Hi all,
Due to a server upgrade, the forum will be down around 4 PM CDT tomorrow 6/12. Hopefully it will take less than an hour.

Charlie

Hi all,
I'm just wondering how hard/expensive it is to rehair a bow myself. This is a renaissance viola da gamba bow, probably student grade.

Thanks,
Charlie

Hi all,
Andreas Barth's widow is trying to get some of his (Willow Guitars) work appraised in Canada. She says most shops there (as in the US) don't want to do appraisals for custom guitars. Any suggestions?

Hi all, We have a new forum feature, digests. Basically this allows you to get a snapshot of forum activity via e-mail. You can choose to get these updates daily, weekly or monthly and you can select which forum(s) you want to get updates from. To set it up, go to your UCP (User Control Panel). You ...

Also see our buzz FAQ, put together by our members: https://www.mimf.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=6

I have a couple of HDs and neither of them has markings. My teacher never said anything about adding markers either. However, I did run across this pdf, and looking at page 10, there is a reference for adding markers at the root of the common major scales. https://www.westcoastharps.com/uploads/2/3/...

Thanks Bob, Karl and other. You are correct, we get very little from the Amazon link. StewMac now has a good affiliate program, so if you're buying from them, please use the link (top of the page) and we get a little back. Finally, as has been noted, you can financially contribute using the PayPal l...

Hi all,
Best wishes for a happy holiday to everyone and I also hope 2023 treats you all well!

Charlie

It was an 18 oz cup, so rather big. Perhaps too stiff?

Well, it's from a plastic Dixie cup instead of a yogurt cup. It is starting to make some noise but it's kind of hit or miss.

HI all, Our long-time sponsor, StewMac, has just started an affiliate program and we are now part of it. So anytime you click on a link to StewMac, whether it is inside a post or the banner at the top of the page, we will get a percentage of the order. So please click away, as server expenses keep g...

The 3d printed cornamuse can be found here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:38656. It hasn't been updated since 2012 though. The origin of that design I think was: http://web.archive.org/web/20011227123922/members.aol.com/gerraith/corna.htm#5.%20Making%20the%20reed although one of the drawings is ...

Hi Bob, technically you are too late. See my PM that I sent you.