Subject: Lute Neck has risen

From: Anthony Hart <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 15:35:46 +0100

I have a 14c. liuto atiorbatto where the neck has risen (I have nearly
   10mm at the ninth fret. do not believe the instrument has had any
   damage as such. Is there any suggestions of a remedy (without opening
   it up)? There is no lute makers in the area and a local keyboard maker
   is reluctant to touch it.

   Any suggestions welcome

   Thanks

   Anthony
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From: "Louis Aull" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:50:53 -0400

Anthony,

That is a lot of movement. If the neck itself has not warped, then the ribs
below the attachment to the neck block have. The dome shape of the ribs will
not distort unless the ribs are very thin (1.2 mm for instance). Look
carefully at the shape of the ribs just behind the neck block. If that area
has sunken in any, that is your problem. If a straight edge reveals that the
neck has warped, that is your problem. Also, if the soundboard is thin, it
can distort in front and behind the bridge. The cheap fix is to shave off
the fingerboard and put a tapered fingerboard on in its place, the problem
will continue until the shell begins to crack or the neck becomes unplayable
again. The correct fix would involve opening it up and rebuilding it. 

Good luck.

Louis Aull
Atlanta

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Subject: [LUTE-BUILDER] Lute Neck has risen

   Any suggestions welcome

   Thanks

   Anthony

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From: Arthur Robb <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:22:00 +0000

Hello,

Now this may be an obvious thing to say, but Anthony, please check very carefully that the neck to body join has not separated.

All the best,

Art

>   is reluctant to touch it.

Arthur Robb - Luthier
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