Dear Roman, I am aghast at the thought of a beard tax, which you mention in connection with Peter the Great. A great many lutenists today have beards.
I would be interested to know what percentage of contributors to this list have beards. My guess is that it would be surprisingly high, maybe more than 30%, even allowing for female contributors. Just for the record, I have a beard. Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Lute Net" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 2:28 PM Subject: Re: Question about lute courses/strings > > Dear Jon, > > > > I am amazed > Dear Stewart, could you ever write "aghast"? Maybe once? > RT ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roman Turovsky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "LUTE-LIST" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 9:04 PM Subject: Re: renaissance america (AustrianArnold,etc) > > When Peter the Great shaved off the last boyar beard? > Took 'em awhile to get shaved. There was also a period of beard tax (sic!). To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
