Now that the seams are reinforced from the inside, I can remove the tape from the outside of the lute body, and clean up each rib where it meets its neighbor.
Once again, a simple wood scraper should do the trick.
Thereafter, I must shape and install the end clasp – and then….but that is enough for now.
As Dad used to say about boat-building: one job at a time, bit by bit, and all things in due succession….
Very beautiful! I was thinking that if you collected all these updates and pictures together, at the end of it all, there is a book, ready-made . . .
How many beautiful things have inside beauty that no-one will ever see but it still makes it more beautiful.. like the lining of a fancy coat
All it needs now is a keel, mast, sail & rudder!
Wow what an amazing project.. just fabulous