Louis Panormo Guitar plans

[Matt Fisher]

Anyone know where I can get a set of plans for a Panormo guitar? Internet searches don't seem to produce much, they must be few and far between....

[Bob Matthews]

Hi Matt

This page has some great pictures of a Panormo being restored (near the bottom of the page), which will give you a clear idea of how he braced and constructed his guitars.
http://www.the-guitarworkshop.com/restoration.htm

All you now need is the scale length he used (google is your friend) and some images of his guitars. Then take an image and enlarge it until the scale length he used matches the image and print it out. You then have an outline of the guitar body and neck. Body profile, depth and headstock angle can be worked out the same way by using a side view.

Here's another link of interest found in a few secs on google :P http://www.the-guitarworkshop.com/restoration.htm

Another way may be to contact some of the people who have done retorations or made copies of his guitars.

HTH

Bob

[Lonnie B]

Wowsers. I do love that old guitar. That was a cool website thanks Bob

[Matt Fisher]

Thanks Bob, I've just had a play with a picture of the Panormo body and managed to print it on a series of A4 pages and stick them together. This should give me an accurate enough starting point, I might not tackle the Panormo for my next project but it's a long term goal. Also I found this....

http://www.southwellguitars.co.uk/Panormo.pdf

......some really handy dimensions and construction info.

I've done the same for a grand concert cutaway shape that I think will be my next.

Just had a look on your website, I like the slotted headstock design of yours. Very nice. Also I see you're not far from me - I live in Chertsey, Surrey. Small world!

[Herman]

Jeee, Look at that kerfing. If I would make it that way, you never would take me serious again, would you. Or maybe not, if I called it "post-modern vintage".

[Bob Matthews]

Jeee, Look at that kerfing. If I would make it that way, you never would take me serious again, would you. Or maybe not, if I called it "post-modern vintage".

Hi Herman,

It's not 'kerfing'. Kerfing or kerf is the gap created when using a saw, what you use are probably 'kerfed linings' i.e linings with kerfed slots in them.

Those things you see in the pictures are tentalones and have been used extensively throughout the centuries when attaching a back or top to the instrument sides - a lot of classical builders still use this method and it does have some advantages, one being that the tentalone is fixed using hot hide glue and just 'rubbed' into position. They can look a little messy as all the gaps are not equal, but the bond can be a lot stronger than a lot of people can achieve with kerfed linings due to building in gaps.

Bob

[Lonnie B]

Well finally found time to read it through. Until it became merely addresses. I particularly liked that rosette. I think that would be a nice thing to re-create.