Ed wrote: > > 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.
I would think making a lute from an old breastplate would result in an instrument that sounded rather tinny. Regards, Craig
