Need for lexicon ...

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a_arnold

Posts: 558
Joined: Jul. 30 2006

Need for lexicon ...

I recently commissioned a Paracho guitar from a luthier who doesn't speak English, and discovered that neither my college Spanish vocabulary nor my dictionary cover the terms necessary to communicate. Most of the critical words are colloquial use, and simply don't translate -- like the "neck" in english seems to be the "arm" in Spanish -- at least I hope it is; if not, I've just ordered the world's strangest looking guitar.
Anyway, It would be a service to all the Spanish-impaired among us if someone fluent could translate a few critical luthiery terms. Here's my list -- others might be able to add to it.

Spanish cedar
rosewood (Brazilian, Indian, Mexican . . . others?)
palo escrito
palo santo
cypress
ebony
mahogany
fingerboard
string length
string
head
neck
upper/lower bout
waist
binding
purfling
rosette
inlay
mother of pearl
mosaic
pegs (clavijas)
machine tuners
fret(s)
fan bracing
neck reinforcement (graphite/steel)
bridge
nut
saddle
struts
varnish
hand rubbed
lacquer
shellac
french polish
matte/gloss finish
pick guard (golpeador)

Maybe we could even consider expanding this to a real flamenco lexicon. I've been playing a while and there are still some words I'm a little vague on: Afilla. And Braceo. And I'm only up to the B's!

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 4 2007 4:08:03

r0bbie

Posts: 160
Joined: Feb. 11 2007
From: Holland

RE: Need for lexicon ... (in reply to a_arnold)

Well, I cant help you with the translation but I do have a link to a Dutch luther and you can click on a part of the guitar and then you get a popup with translations in Dutch, English and Spanish.

http://www.lutherie-van-gool.nl/gitaar/gitaar.html

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Mar. 4 2007 18:00:23