Check out this Rosette
Check out this Rosette
I was just googling rosette images and came across this one, thought I'd share:
Raises guitar building to a whole other level. The website says "The 5-course guitar shown above – based on an original by Alexandre Voboam, 1680"
Here's the web address: http://www.lutesandguitars.co.uk/
Raises guitar building to a whole other level. The website says "The 5-course guitar shown above – based on an original by Alexandre Voboam, 1680"
Here's the web address: http://www.lutesandguitars.co.uk/
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Those 3D parchment rosettes are not as hard to do as they look. It is just a matter of cutting out the pattern on a sheet of parchment (or parchment paper), gluing that down to another sheet and cutting that one, and so forth. Each of the horizontal layers is only 3-4 layers glued together, and then they are attached to a parchment or paper cylinder.
Mind you, those folks in the UK make quite astonishing period instruments, and those little christmas trees are a marvel. Mine were always a level or two rougher than that
cheers
Mind you, those folks in the UK make quite astonishing period instruments, and those little christmas trees are a marvel. Mine were always a level or two rougher than that
cheers
Graham McDonald
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Those that know me from the OLF will know that I do a fair bit of restoration work for some of the London museums of their historic plucked instruments. So I've had to learn to make these parchment roses, and more importantly, to restore existing ones. In fact they are not that technically difficult to do, just time consuming and fiddly. Carving a lute type rose from the soundboard, takes more learning and time.
If anyone wants to make a Verboam or similar guitar needing one of these then they can always go to Elana Dal Cortivo who will make them to order for you for what is a very reasonable price.
http://www.parchmentroses.com/plucked.htm
Colin
If anyone wants to make a Verboam or similar guitar needing one of these then they can always go to Elana Dal Cortivo who will make them to order for you for what is a very reasonable price.
http://www.parchmentroses.com/plucked.htm
Colin
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Here is a woman in Italy who makes them for a living
http://www.parchmentroses.com/plucked.htm
They are actually quite fun to make. Parchment can ge bought ar art supply shops, used by folks who do fancy calligraphy and with a circle cutter, a scalpel and a little hole punch quite intricate things can be made.
cheers
http://www.parchmentroses.com/plucked.htm
They are actually quite fun to make. Parchment can ge bought ar art supply shops, used by folks who do fancy calligraphy and with a circle cutter, a scalpel and a little hole punch quite intricate things can be made.
cheers
Graham McDonald
http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com
http://www.mcdonaldstrings.com
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