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The Lute's Progress,: September 2013
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Saturday, 28 September 2013. Because You Asked: Making a Lute Mold (3). Okay, here we go- the final push to get this mold-in-progress glued together. So set up your bandsaw and sharpen your chisels. we've got some work to do. Mark and cut out all the cross section blocks- then meet me at the bench for the next step. Sawing away a bit of the cleat. When you've tri...
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The Lute's Progress,: November 2014
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Sunday, 16 November 2014. How I Learned to Like My Bending Iron (or, The Return of the Betterizer). I also screwed a plywood base to the thing, so I could clamp it more conveniently and securely to the work bench. Here's what I made, a veritable Roman hoard of brass shims (or perhaps a beautiful school of brassfish swimming by.) You can see the two larger 1/8...
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The Lute's Progress,: March 2015
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Sunday, 1 March 2015. New Lutes, February 2015. I have two new lutes to tell you about today, and honestly, I couldn't be more proud of them. Both in their ways are new models for me, which is always a challenge, and to have them turn out as well as they have done is simply thrilling. Well, I hope I've been able to make that for him. I completed the lute thre...
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The Lute's Progress,: Calling all lute makers!
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Sunday, 24 May 2015. Calling all lute makers! As some of you may know, I will be teaching the lute building course at the upcoming Lute Society of America Workshop West, July 26-31 at the UBC campus in Vancouver BC (the city where I live! How convenient.) An overview of the entire LSA Workshop is available on the website of Early Music Vancouver. Removing the bac...
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The Lute's Progress,: February 2015
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Sunday, 15 February 2015. I needed to shape the sides of this piece as well, to follow the contours of the neck. If it does, then that means the joint in the corner you're pressing the peg box into is not dead flat, and the peg box is rocking a tiny amount in the joint. The joint needs further work, with files, sanding blocks, or a chisel. In the same fashion, ap...
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The Lute's Progress,: January 2014
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Sunday, 12 January 2014. New Work from Last Summer. Let's start with the most strings first. This is an 11 course lute, based on the Warwick Frei, for Dr. Gary Boye, of Boone, NC. The back is of eastern hard curly maple, the belly of spruce from Switzerland. The neck and pegbox are veneered in ebony. In this blog before. In the Folger Shakespeare Library. What ot...
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The Lute's Progress,: A Small Fix
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Sunday, 15 February 2015. I needed to shape the sides of this piece as well, to follow the contours of the neck. If it does, then that means the joint in the corner you're pressing the peg box into is not dead flat, and the peg box is rocking a tiny amount in the joint. The joint needs further work, with files, sanding blocks, or a chisel. In the same fashion, ap...
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The Lute's Progress,: December 2012
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Wednesday, 26 December 2012. First, some 'mug shots', showing the overall shape. The V&A Sellas has ribs of ivory, with triple spacers (ebony/ivory/ebony); my version has ribs of honduras rosewood, with holly/rosewood/holly triple spacers. Evan had also told me that he wanted a French-style bridge, so I came up with this variation on a pattern I've seen in a numb...
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The Lute's Progress,: June 2014
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The Lute's Progress,. Being an occasional diary of the goings-on in my Vancouver lute making workshop, written by me, Travis Carey, Lute Maker. Thursday, 19 June 2014. Today I'm pleased to report some new work completed, three new lutes making their way in the world. Together they are "The Unusuals" because each in its own way has some oddities, or peculiarities, that mark it as memorable. The rose pattern, as I've said before, is one of my favourites, both to look at and to carve. And I love the way so ...
