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Travis Carey Lutes
Добавлен 6 окт 2011
I am a professional lute maker in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and this channel is about lute making. Some videos are instructional, and some are simply videos of me working in my lute making workshop.
www.traviscareylutes.ca
thelutesprogress.blogspot.com
www.traviscareylutes.ca
thelutesprogress.blogspot.com
Lute Building Class at the LSA LuteFest 2024!
I'm teaching the lute building course at the LSA LuteFest in Cleveland this June 23-29. If you're a lute builder already, or want to get started on your first lute, or if you're just fascinated by the lute, you should make plans to attend! For more details about the class, go to my blog, thelutesprogress.blogspot.com/
For more info about LuteFest, go to the Lute Society of America website, lutesocietyofamerica.org/
For more info about LuteFest, go to the Lute Society of America website, lutesocietyofamerica.org/
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Gluing a Pegbox on a Five Course Lute
Просмотров 1253 месяца назад
A short video of me in my Vancouver lute making workshop, gluing on a peg box. No talking on this video, just a bit of work. Thanks for watching!
Gluing in a Lute Belly
Просмотров 3524 месяца назад
A video of me gluing in the belly of a5 course plectrum lute. This is mostly a silent video, with no talking from me. One of an occasional series of me doing work in real time in my lute making workshop, in Vancouver, BC, Canada
Lute neck carving rig
Просмотров 2576 месяцев назад
a short video in which I describe a vise for holding lute necks, and how it came my way @traviscareylutes
Gluing together peg box frames
Просмотров 1837 месяцев назад
This is an experiment in 'silent lutherie' video. All it is is 15 minutes of me working in my lute making workshop, and that's it. I don't speak to the camera. I just glue together two peg box frames for two 5 course late medieval plectrum lutes. I want to get used to working in front of a camera, and I'm experimenting with camera placement in my workshop to do some more explicitly instructiona...
Holding the lute back for shaping and scraping
Просмотров 2487 месяцев назад
I found a way to use my mold-holding jig to hold the finished back of the lute so I may scrape the ribs and give the back a really good shape. I give a description of the jig on my blog, The Lute's Progress: thelutesprogress.blogspot.com/2024/01/the-return-of-betterizer.html. Have a look!
A quick workshop tour, Suite 212, Barnard St Studios
Просмотров 2512 года назад
As the title says, a quick workshop tour. I make lutes here. Visit the blog: thelutesprogress.blogspot.com/
New 13 course lute audio sample
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.3 года назад
A short video of me making sounds with a 13 course baroque lute that I recently completed. Please keep in mind, I'm not a baroque lute player! But I wanted a record to show what a very new baroque lute from my workshop sounds like. The entire building process is detailed in 24 chapters on my blog, The Lute's Progress (thelutesprogress.blogspot.com).
Grant Tomlinson demonstrates lute peg turning
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.3 года назад
A short video made in Grant's shop in 2017, showing how he makes a peg using a dedicated pattern lathe.
Varnishing a 13c baroque lute, (part 2 of 4)--flattening the varnish
Просмотров 4344 года назад
A workshop demonstration video made in February 2020, part of a series of blog posts on "Building a 13 Course Lute, Start to Finish," on my blog "The Lute's Progress" (thelutesprogress.blogspot.com.) I write about all sorts of lute making techniques there. Please stop by for a visit!
Varnishing a 13c baroque lute, (part 1 of 4)--removing dust spots
Просмотров 3544 года назад
A workshop demonstration video made in February 2020, part of a series of blog posts on "Building a 13 Course Lute, Start to Finish," on my blog "The Lute's Progress" (thelutesprogress.blogspot.com.) I write about all sorts of lute making techniques there. Please stop by for a visit!
Varnishing a 13c baroque lute (part 4 of 4)--the last ribs and capping strip
Просмотров 3884 года назад
A workshop demonstration video made in February 2020, part of a series of blog posts on "Building a 13 Course Lute, Start to Finish," on my blog "The Lute's Progress" (thelutesprogress.blogspot.com.) I write about all sorts of lute making techniques there. Please stop by for a visit!
Varnishing a 13c baroque lute (part 3 of 4)--the first few ribs
Просмотров 3734 года назад
A workshop demonstration video made in February 2020, part of a series of blog posts on "Building a 13 Course Lute, Start to Finish," on my blog "The Lute's Progress" (thelutesprogress.blogspot.com.) I write about all sorts of lute making techniques there. Please stop by for a visit!
How is the Heart carved on Lute pegs ? Good video
You'll see me there, all right. I'm bringing a freshly sharpened set of brain-picks--can't wait!
I wish I could make it but I've got a work trip during this time! What a bummer. I'm working on my first lute now with the hope of building a lot more. I wish there were more resources available but between David Van Edwards course, Lundberg's book, Clive's handful of videos and your blog I feel like I'm fairly ok. But there's still a lot to figure out on what works for me. I might shoot you an email because I'm about to build another mold and there's a few things you do that I think I want to incorporate which deviates from how David has his instructions. Good luck with the festival!
Look like Arabic oud .. Nice Do you tray make oud ?
Thanks! I have not made an Arabic oud, but I borrowed many ideas and building techniques from oud making for this lute. I think of it as a very early oud... with frets and gut strings.
Thanks for this, Travis. Not for the first time I find myself wondering what an instrument-maker's life was like before the invention of adhesive tape!
Paper or cloth soaked in hide glue? I don't know, but I think the scene might have been quite a bit messier.
Thanks for sharing. It's never crossed my mind to use a palette knife to spread the glue.
Thanks for sharing this! The way those bolts hold the work has me thinking now as I get further along building my first lute. Haven't got to the neck yet, but the bowl is off the mold at least. Thanks again.
You're welcome!
Awesome! I'm working on finishing up my first lute bowl and these kind of videos are amazingly helpful! Thanks for the insight.
Thank you for sharing. Your videos and blog has proved to be an invaluable source of information and inspiration in my own lute building adventures!
Thanks, glad to hear it!
I have to revisit my cutting geometry. I have a scratch-built peg lathe but not as fast as that in the cutting.
Cool video thanks!
You're welcome, thanks for watching!
Wonderfull, great sound!!! What diapason have your lute? More 70cm?
This is awesome! It's inspiring me to make my own (much smaller) loot
It looks like a very nice place ! Greetings from Quebec
Thank you for sharing! Love the behind the scenes.
what do you tune to?
Great work very nice ,what type of varnish you are using it's already mix or you need to mix it and hoe many coats you need to fully finish? Thx
That’s a wonderful sounding lute, Travis! Would love to see a short video of you playing your own new lute. :)
Danke, es klingt sehr schön!
That is a GORGEOUS instrument! I have some wood picked out for a 7-course Renaissance lute I’d like to build, but I’m woefully under-equipped when it comes to tools. What recommendations would you have for a youngling who wants to get into lute building?
Thank you for the videos. A comment and a couple of questions. Video quality is excellent. Sound is way too soft. It is difficult to hear. I would be happy to do some processing on it if you would like. It sounds like you wait two days between coats. Do you buff the varnish when it is dry? If so, how long between the final coat and buffing?
Thanks David. The sound is soft because I have not yet developed the stentorian voice needed to make workshop videos with my phone (I don't wear a mic, just use the sound the phone picks up.) Feel free to process if you like. I do wait two days between coats, and I try to wait at least a week between the final coat and buffing. Buffing is achieved by flattening the varnish with 0000 steel wool, then polishing with tripoli powder mixed with linseed oil on a soft cloth. I have not yet done that on this lute--I left the choice whether to buff or leave the finish glossy with the new owner. He's still deciding.