Restoring an Archlute

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption"><br/></p><p class="Caption"><br/></p></div></div> The entire instrument was in sorry shape. The theorbo peghead joint was under- structured and eventually collapsed The excess tension had bowed the entire instrument away from the strings, making itimpossible to play. The Pacific redcedar top had begun to sink into the beautiful curly maple body shell. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#1 d1ef1336-3d3e-4967-a26e-5c4c3765b8cd http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Archlute20in20shop.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Archlute20in20shop.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">The entire instrument was in sorry shape. The theorbo peghead joint was under- structured and eventually collapsed The excess tension had bowed the entire instrument  away from the strings, making itimpossible to play. The Pacific redcedar top had begun to sink into the beautiful curly maple body shell.<span class="style"> </span> </p></div></div> After removing a fabric edging strip, I patiently insert a probe into the delicate glue seam that attaches the top to the ribs. Some portions of the seam need to be sawn with a very fine razor saw. Heat is judiciously used to soften the glue that holds the soundboard to the headblock. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#2 5913530b-45da-4135-a17e-0eb67ce25e95 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/harry20removes20top202.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/harry20removes20top202.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">After removing a fabric edging strip, I patiently insert a probe into the delicate glue seam that attaches the top to the ribs. Some portions of the seam need to be sawn with a very fine razor saw. Heat is judiciously used to soften the glue that holds the soundboard to the headblock.</p></div></div> http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#3 25e3f92c-dfab-45e8-b237-2d556388201f http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Archlute20top20removed.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Archlute20top20removed.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"/></div> Bill and I were puzzled that the existing braces were carefully selected to be flat-sawn (the weakest orientation of the wood fibers). So to our thinking, it was the reason why they had failed to keep the top stable. I resolved to replace them with new, quarter-sawn braces. I removed all the transversal braces and am seen here scraping off traces of glue. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#4 3536cfa0-fe6c-43bc-8ffc-305559d72da6 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Braces20removed20from20top.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Braces20removed20from20top.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Bill and I were puzzled that the existing braces were carefully selected to be flat-sawn (the weakest orientation of the wood fibers). So to our thinking, it was the reason why they had failed to keep the top stable. I resolved to replace them with new, quarter-sawn braces. I removed all the transversal braces and am seen here scraping off traces of glue.</p></div></div> The undersurface of the soundboard is now ready for new, stiffer braces. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#5 6aaa0b41-5444-44fa-aff3-187f6d679ad1 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/archlute20top20braces20removed.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/archlute20top20braces20removed.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">       The undersurface of the soundboard is now ready for new, stiffer braces.</p></div></div> After undoing the collapsed pegbox joint with patient applications of hot water, I’ve devised a better structural solution: I carved a dovetail pocket into the neck, and inserted a dovetail "adapter" block out of hardwood that spans the joint between the two. The block, which had to be fashioned to hold the pegbox at the correct angle (even compensated slightly to account for the off-center pull of the added off-the-fingerboard string array), will later be sculpted to the contour of the undersurfaces of the neck and pegbox and thus appear to be original. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#6 5f342947-3663-4089-b054-268984556e1f http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/dovetail20block20inserted.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/dovetail20block20inserted.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">After undoing the collapsed pegbox joint with patient applications of hot water, I’ve devised a better structural solution: I carved a dovetail pocket into the neck, and inserted a dovetail "adapter" block out of hardwood that spans the joint between the two. The block, which had to be fashioned to hold the pegbox at the correct angle (even compensated slightly to account for the off-center pull of the added off-the-fingerboard string array), will later be sculpted to the contour of the undersurfaces of the neck and pegbox and thus appear to be original.</p></div></div> Another view of the joint rebuild. The portion of the new block (of lighter color) that fits into the pegbox will be sculpted to allow clearance for the strings entering the pegbox. It will also be slotted to accept an inlayed carbon-fiber stiffener. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#7 5776d72d-4a24-467d-b06a-1f420f5f82bc http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/dovetail20block20being20fitted.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/dovetail20block20being20fitted.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Another view of the joint rebuild. The portion of the new block (of lighter color) that fits into the pegbox will be sculpted to allow clearance for the strings entering the pegbox. It will also be slotted to accept an inlayed carbon-fiber stiffener.</p></div></div> The effect of the tension of not only the original array of strings, but of the additional strings on the added theorbo neck extension caused the lute shell to distort, stretching it into a new (more or less permanent) configuration. Another distortion of the shell was evident, one which left the plane of the soundboard angled in relation to the plane of the neck. To compensate for both distortions, I clamp the neck onto a flat board and with a moveable "marking gauge" marks the perimeter of a new rim on the shell which will be flat and level to the neck. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#8 20e0feb7-70b7-4c45-9179-17f60e66a111 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Marking20shell20for20trimming.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/Marking20shell20for20trimming.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_2">The effect of the tension of not only the original array of strings, but of the additional strings on the added theorbo neck extension caused the lute shell to distort, stretching it into a new (more or less permanent) configuration. Another distortion of the shell was evident, one which left the plane of the soundboard angled in relation to the plane of the neck. To compensate for both distortions, I clamp the neck onto a flat board and with a moveable "marking gauge" marks the perimeter of a new rim on the shell which will be flat and level to the neck.</p></div></div> The marked-off portion has been laboriously and precisely trimmed off, and can be seen at the lower left of the photo. Note that it is not symmetrical, due to the fact, noted above, that the neck and shell were not on a level (twisted by the asymmetrical string forces imposed by the theorboed neck, perhaps?) The neck and shell now sit comfortably flat on a particle-board workboard made especially for the project. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#9 44b39aae-523c-48c7-abb6-4ffef25d82f1 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/trimmed20shell20on20workboard.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/trimmed20shell20on20workboard.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">The marked-off portion has been laboriously and precisely trimmed off, and can be seen at the lower left of the photo. Note that it is not symmetrical, due to the fact, noted above, that the neck and shell were not on a level (twisted by the asymmetrical string forces imposed by the theorboed neck, perhaps?) The neck and shell now sit comfortably flat on a particle-board workboard made especially for the project.</p></div></div> Coincidental with the above, I have been re-bracing the soundboard (I'm revealing my guitarmaking orientation--we call it the "top" or "soundboard", I believe the lutemakers call it the "belly" or "table"). The brace bars are select, vertical grain spruce. The originals which had failed were flat or horizontal grain--the weaker grain orientation. Our speculation is that the maker who replaced the top had simply used materials at hand, with less stock on hand to select from. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#10 77cffc08-4d41-4f14-80c5-109d77c72d37 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/top20being20rebraced.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/top20being20rebraced.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Coincidental with the above, I have been re-bracing the soundboard (I'm revealing my guitarmaking orientation--we call it the "top" or "soundboard", I believe the lutemakers call it the "belly" or "table"). The brace bars are select, vertical grain spruce. The originals which had failed were flat or horizontal grain--the weaker grain orientation. Our speculation is that the maker who replaced the top had simply used materials at hand, with less stock on hand to select from.</p></div></div> I’ve re-braced the top to follow not the questionable pattern on the original (replaced) top, but one truer to the period, as specified in the FoMRHI Journal, the Lute Society, and the Lute Society of America. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#11 e59ee8a6-23b1-4ae5-ba8d-ea2e30e3016d http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/lutebraceson.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/lutebraceson.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">I’ve re-braced the top to follow not the questionable pattern on the original (replaced) top, but one truer to the period, as specified in the FoMRHI Journal, the Lute Society, and the Lute Society of America.</p></div></div> The 1/16-inch perimeter of the rim of the lute shell presents an inadequate gluing surface for the top. Thus an interior lining strip is applied with glue to the edge after being heat-bent (the original linings had been largely trimmed away, so a new set of linings were required, seen here being glued on with rows of spring clamps). http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#12 7626791f-e9fb-48d4-a469-4c41b05f00b9 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/lute20new20lining.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/lute20new20lining.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">The 1/16-inch perimeter of the rim of the lute shell presents an inadequate gluing surface for the top. Thus an interior lining strip is applied with glue to the edge after being heat-bent  (the original linings had been largely trimmed away, so a new set of linings were required, seen here being glued on with rows of spring clamps).</p></div></div> Here is the instrument after the top has been glued to the ribs (it was wrapped face down to the workboard with rubber strapping while the glued dried. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#13 5302e1a9-85fe-4d5d-9dbf-74deaa870d16 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/lutetopon.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/lutetopon.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Here is the instrument after the top has been glued to the ribs (it was wrapped face down to the workboard with rubber strapping while the glued dried.</p></div></div> The rebuilt neck/pegbox/theorbo extension is epoxied on and the trick process of recarving the transitions commences. The transitional block is harder wood than the neck or pegbox, making the fairing all the more difficult. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#14 c802b7f3-d9d7-4be2-9075-bf7095aa6d20 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/joint_carve.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/joint_carve.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_4">The rebuilt neck/pegbox/theorbo extension is epoxied on and the trick process of recarving the transitions commences. The transitional block is harder wood than the neck or pegbox, making the fairing all the more difficult.</p></div></div> Here the transition has been completed on the undersurface of the neck. Two smaller transition block are also shaped and inserted into voids right under the nut seat, which had previously been left out during the original theorboing procedure. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#15 ab1cdf0a-1f24-49bf-9061-f5d8a62cd0ff http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/carved_joint_under.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/carved_joint_under.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style">Here the transition has been completed on the undersurface of the neck. Two smaller transition block are also shaped and inserted into voids right under the nut seat, which had previously been left out during the original theorboing procedure.</p></div></div> The transition piece is ramped to allow the strings to drop into the pegbox. Note that a strip of carbon fiber has been sandwiched in for good measure (just seen emerging under the fingerboard). Also note the two "cheek" flaps that extend from the new transition block into the pegbox walls to further reinforce this crucially stressed area. New peg holes must be accurately drilled and reamed to fit the pegs which will enter nearest the nut. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#16 9433c978-dd9d-4ed1-b8cf-bd516ef54905 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/carved_joint_over.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/carved_joint_over.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_5">The transition piece is ramped to allow the strings to drop into the pegbox. Note that a strip of carbon fiber has been sandwiched in for good measure (just seen emerging under the fingerboard). Also note the two "cheek" flaps that extend from the new transition block into the pegbox walls to further reinforce this crucially stressed area. New peg holes must be accurately drilled and reamed to fit the pegs which will enter nearest the nut.</p></div></div> The neck, pegbox and transition area are treated to several coats of black lacquer and thus all the elaborate repair work is effectively hidden from view. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#17 89e9e09d-df1c-4c3d-8283-35c94ff4ee7f http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/joint_painted.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/joint_painted.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">The neck, pegbox and transition area are treated to several coats of black lacquer and thus all the elaborate repair work is effectively hidden from view.</p></div></div> A brand new fabric edging strip is glued, the masking tape strip keeps the glue squeezeout from smudging the unfinished top. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#18 b7cf8d8e-142a-484a-a6de-b863b8dd9003 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/rebinding.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/rebinding.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_6">A brand new fabric edging strip is glued, the masking tape strip keeps the glue squeezeout from smudging the unfinished top.</p></div></div> The seemingly endless task of setting up the instrument begins. All things taken into consideration, We're not unhappy these instruments are so rare nowadays. http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute.html#19 28e4f381-9879-4082-96d8-7f859af99d47 http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/luterestringing.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.harrybecker.net/Luthier/Guitar_Repair_/Pages/Restoring_an_Archlute_files/Media/luterestringing.jpg?derivative=micro

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