Second in
10 part series on arts & crafts in Britain and broadcast
in1980, this film visits Stephen's Clerkenwell workshop. It
explains the various processes. Shaping ribs of lute over
heated bending iron (2.00-2.30); gluing together & removing
from mould (2.45-5.01); veneering mahogany neck & gluing
fingerboard (6.00); attaching fingerboard & nailing neck to
body (7.50-10.05); carving rose design on sound board &
fixing to base (10.26-12.30); shaping & fixing pegs
(12.30-14.30) & attaching gut strings & frets (14.30-17.10);
tuning instrument (17.10-18.20) & Christopher Wilson playing
finished lute (18.20-19.44).
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