I would not have thought the rose as being much of a deterrent to a hungry rodent. Especially If you have been accustomed to eating crumbly cookies during lute practice!!.
Best Wishes Ron (UK) -----Original Message----- From: Ed Margerum [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 December 2003 15:23 To: lute list Subject: Re: Fw: calling Dr. Helmholtz... At 9:57 PM -0800 12/14/03, Vance Wood wrote: > >> Hi Bill: >> >> Freud said it best: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar". I was once told >> that the rose was to keep rats from nesting in the Lute. I suppose that >> makes about as much sense or nonsense depending on which side of the >debate > > you happen to stand. A rat in a lute isn't impossible. A brass instrument repairman I know was recently asked to repair a tuba. He found the problem, a blockage caused by a desiccated rat. Ed Margerum
