The top of this lute was severely damaged; beyond the point of repair. Together with the client I decided the best approach would be to replace the top entirely.
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- Damage Assessment
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- Damage Assessment
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- Finding the Cause for the Damage
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- Drawing the Rosette
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- Making the New Top
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- Thicknessing the New Top
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- Thicknessing the Rosette Area
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- Judging Thickness by Translucency
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- Judging Thickness by Translucency
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- Rosette Carving Tools
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- Carving the Rosette
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- Checking for Symmetry
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- Continuing the Carving
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- Cleaning up the Rosette
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- Cleaning Up the Rosette
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- Clean-up Complete
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- Carving the Bas-relief
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- Carving the Circular “Frame”
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- The circular ornament near completion
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- The Finished Rosette
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- The Finished Rosette
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- Reinforcing the Rosette
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- Reinforcing the Rosette
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- Reinforcing the Rosette
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- Glueing Rosette Braces
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- Glueing Rosette Braces
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- Reinforcement Completed
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- Making the Braces
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- Making the Braces
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- Making the Braces
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- Making the Braces
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- Making the Braces
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- Clamping a Brace for Radiusing
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- Planing the Glueing Surface
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- Checking for Straightness
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- The Radiused Brace in its Original Shape
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- Verifying the Radius
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- Verifying the Angle
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- Relative Humidity and Bracing
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- Relative Humidity and Bracing
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- Glueing the Braces
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- Glueing Treble & Bass Bars
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- Glueing a Crack in the Body
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- Glueing the Bridge
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- Top Bracing Complete
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- Top Bracing Complete
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- Top Bracing Complete
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- Top Bracing Complete
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- Top Bracing Complete
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- Rib Cracks
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- Reference Label
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- Verifying the Neck Angle After Completion
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- Making the Neck Block Joint Reversible
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- Cleaning Up the Inside
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- Making Cauls
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- Lute Top Replacement: After the Top was Glued
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- Top Glueing Complete
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- Finding the Wood for the Binding
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- Resawing the New Binding
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- Planing the Bindings
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- Making the Bindings
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- Transferring the Shape to the New “Corners”
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- Shaping the New Fingerboard Ends
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- The New Fingerboard Ends
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- Cutting the Perimeter of the Binding Channels
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- Cutting the Depth of the Binding Channels
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- Finished Binding Channels
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- The Fingerboard Ends Before Glueing
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- Old-Fashioned Bending Iron with PID Controller
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- Controlling Temperature on the Bending Iron
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- Lute Maker’s Groove for Bending Fragile Binding
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- Ready for Binding
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- Fingerboard Extensions
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- Binding the Top
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- Finished Instrument
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- Finished Instrument
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- Finished Instrument
