My theory is that the rose was required to keep low life musician types from making off with the palace jewels.
B^} ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doctor Oakroot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "lute list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 15, 2003 9:35 AM Subject: Re: Fw: calling Dr. Helmholtz... > Ed Margerum wrote: > > 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 > > > I don't think a rat would have any trouble chewing through a rosette, so I > doubt that's the explanation. Playing one's lute daily would probably > prevent rats from nesting. > > > -- > Rough-edged songs from a dark place in the soul: > http://DoctorOakroot.com > >
