New here, Stossel Lute help needed - FRETS.NET2024-03-29T15:00:13Zhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/forum/topics/new-here-stossel-lute-help-needed?commentId=2177249%3AComment%3A244519&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'll give it a try. Thanks. I…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2020-12-30:2177249:Comment:2445192020-12-30T17:20:40.237ZBill Millerhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/BillMiller
<p>I'll give it a try. Thanks. It is kind of unique. If I could get to actually play something on it that would be nice. Right now I play ukulele, going from 4 strings to seven ought to be interesting. Thank you again for your time and interest.</p>
<p>I'll give it a try. Thanks. It is kind of unique. If I could get to actually play something on it that would be nice. Right now I play ukulele, going from 4 strings to seven ought to be interesting. Thank you again for your time and interest.</p> Hi Bill, I am in Sydney (Aust…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2020-12-30:2177249:Comment:2445112020-12-30T15:51:40.415ZMark McLeanhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/MarkMcLean
<p>Hi Bill, I am in Sydney (Australia, not Nova Scotia). Well the pegboard attachment is not subtle! It would obviously not be hard to remove later if you wanted to. It is good that the tuners are working. So you should be able to tinker with this and get it playing OK. I found a Youtube video of one being played with steel strings, which gave it a very shrill but interesting voice. I imagine nylon would be a bit more muted.</p>
<p>Hi Bill, I am in Sydney (Australia, not Nova Scotia). Well the pegboard attachment is not subtle! It would obviously not be hard to remove later if you wanted to. It is good that the tuners are working. So you should be able to tinker with this and get it playing OK. I found a Youtube video of one being played with steel strings, which gave it a very shrill but interesting voice. I imagine nylon would be a bit more muted.</p> Mark, please tell me what is…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2020-12-29:2177249:Comment:2437662020-12-29T15:20:08.614ZBill Millerhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/BillMiller
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mark, please tell me what is your part of the world, I am in So. Florida. Point well taken, can you offend if there is no one to be offended? I think nylon is less stress on the wood than steel. Here is a picture of the key board. I think I will keep it on. The tuners work, I got a 5 size clock key from widgets.com. Thanks for your response interest and advice. Like I said, I am not a luthier but someday I would like to try my hand at building a Stewmac…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mark, please tell me what is your part of the world, I am in So. Florida. Point well taken, can you offend if there is no one to be offended? I think nylon is less stress on the wood than steel. Here is a picture of the key board. I think I will keep it on. The tuners work, I got a 5 size clock key from widgets.com. Thanks for your response interest and advice. Like I said, I am not a luthier but someday I would like to try my hand at building a Stewmac tenor uke. Hope to get some help here.</span></p> Hi Bill, and welcome. You se…tag:fretsnet.ning.com,2020-12-28:2177249:Comment:2435032020-12-28T21:35:15.504ZMark McLeanhttp://fretsnet.ning.com/profile/MarkMcLean
<p>Hi Bill, and welcome. You sent me off on a bit of an internet excursion to find out about the Stossel lute. It seems like a cool instrument, once very popular in Germany but then just disappeared after WW2. I have never seen one in my part of the world, or even heard of them until now. There are probably not too many Stossel purists around for you to offend these days, so you can do anything you want with it. </p>
<p>The pegboard does look like an after-market addition - but rather well…</p>
<p>Hi Bill, and welcome. You sent me off on a bit of an internet excursion to find out about the Stossel lute. It seems like a cool instrument, once very popular in Germany but then just disappeared after WW2. I have never seen one in my part of the world, or even heard of them until now. There are probably not too many Stossel purists around for you to offend these days, so you can do anything you want with it. </p>
<p>The pegboard does look like an after-market addition - but rather well made by the look of it. Do you plan to remove it? How is it attached? As far as restoration is concerned the main question is the structural condition of the body, and whether the tuning hardware is in working order. How does it look? I presume that you tune the thing by winding onto those pegs at the tail? Do you have some sort of clock key that turns them?</p>