> >> Another advantage is if you get shot at during a bad performance = > >you can use your lute as a bullet proof vest.
As 1000 years ago the Mongols used silk shirts as a way of reducing injury from arrows, perhaps silk lined lutes would be more historically appropriate. However, for maximum security against matchlocks and blunderbusses lutenists should consider the value of breastplates and greaves. Ed Margerum
