A short film of the construction of a lute. A sequel to 'How to make a lute in 5 minutes'. Music: Robin is to the greenwood gone - Anon. played by Martin Shepherd
Just out of curiosity, do you soak the wood before bending it on the bending iron or do you do it dry? I'm pretty sure I've seen it done both ways for different instruments, but it might be a matter of material thickness.
The ribs are bent dry - not difficult as they're only about 1.5mm thick. I do use water for thicker pieces of wood like the inner liner at the bottom of the lute (made from spruce) and the thin strips of ebony for the soundboard edging.
@@luteshop Thank you so much for your reply. Its been my goal for a few years now to make my own lute. I bought David Van Edwards course and collected most of my tools. Hope to start building soon. Can't decide what wood to use. I really like this though. Also, there is so little on the internet and fewer yet videos on lute building. I like you style of videos, the content, presentation and editing are all perfect. What you have shared has been most helpful. Please don't stop making videos on the subject.
You actually need very few tools to get started. Apart from obvious things like knives, planes and chisels, you also need a peg reamer for making the holes in the pegbox and some kind of bending iron for bending the ribs. If you're interested in building a lute, I recommend David Van Edwards' course: www.vanedwards.co.uk/renlute.htm
