I mentioned earlier that I neglected to photograph the mortising necesary to attach the neck and the end pin. For that I apologize. I have instead included a few close-up shots of the neck where it meets the body. Suffice it to say that the neck fits into a mortise in a block of wood to which the sides (ribs) are attached.
Unlike a cello or a doublebass, the end pin on a viol da gamba is more of a peg that stands up above the top. The tailpiece will hook onto this. The end pin is set into a mortise, or dado, really. The bottom end of it is set deeper into the end block that the upper end.
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Dave Polaschek
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#1 posted 11-15-2020 02:11 PM
Nice!
Have you seen the interview with Ed Maday on the Lost Art press blog? I think you’ll be interested.
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Dave Rutan
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#2 posted 11-15-2020 04:15 PM
I follow Ed Madsay on Instagram, so I’ll definitely have to check that out. Thanks!
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#3 posted 11-15-2020 09:16 PM
Nice work, you’ll have to make a video of this being played when complete.
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#4 posted 11-15-2020 09:40 PM
I will try to get the customer to play it. I’m clueless aside from how to make it playable.
I do know these things are tuned much like a guitar.
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