My understanding is that the prized signed Lloyd Loar mandolins were constructed with a component known as the Verzi ….huh? …what’s that under there? …. my web search led me to discover (don’t know how factual) # that Mike Kemmitzer (Nugget Mandolins ) also builds his mandos with a verzi …….also .I stumbled across a photo documentation of a Lynn Dudenbostel’s #F5 for Chris Thile ….hence another newbie question to follow after viewing the link below …..
http://www.thefishnet.com/makemandolin/page5.htm
What enhanced tonal characteristics does the Verzi produce/emit???……. that is my question……. and I fail to understand why Roger Siminoff has not included the verzi in his manual simply because at the onset of his manual he makes reference that the plans contained in his book are based on the original Loar’s…….. I’m somewhat disillusioned by Roger’s neglect to address the verzi….not to mention being duped.
A close look at Lynn’s work and some searching of Loar’s plans reveal the location of the two inverted #landing pads (feet)to be pinpointed to coincide with the sharp inner point of the f-hole (lateral axis)…….which is theoretically #directly under the bearing points of the bridge…….. could the positioning be related to a static middle node of the fundamental if the top is acting as the fundamental and hence influencing partials surrounding the fundamental #to resonate more readily …. I don’t pretend to be a physicist ….I have no clue other than applying some of what I feel is #primitive physics 101 logic in my understanding of fundamentals and partials.
Also the C shaped holes are akin ( I believe/think) to the top F-hole…… #my guess here is that the removal of the wood alters tone ……deepens the tone of the partials as more wood is removed.
Loar’s plans indicate the verzi to be centered on the longitudinal axis …… it appears as though Lynn’s is offset towards the bass bar…….. my hope here is that I am not stepping on any toes in the sense of pushing to know the secrets of what produces optimum tone… …I understand those are personal and attained through years of trial and error ….nor would I expect them to be handed out …however #my quest is to attain an understanding of the engineering genius of Lloyd and try to employ some of his principles as made public through his plans.
Like I said in one of my prior posts the deeper I get into this mando build project the nuttier my questions appear….. they are nevertheless sincere and genuine.
Mike
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