Re: historical pinky off ??

[James A Stimson]

Dear Joe and All:
 I have heard that many historical lutes have been "cleaned up" to the
point that the soundboards are now thinner than they were originally. Could
this cleaning-up process also remove the tell-tale mark from the little
finger?
Cheers,
Jim



                                                                                
                                              
                      Joseph Mayes                                              
                                              
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                      03/10/2005 02:37         Subject:  Re: historical pinky 
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The (I think ) majority of contemporary lute players do some sort of
pinky-resting with the right hand. They point to lots of iconographic
evidence to support this practice.
    When one buys a used lute, vihuela, archlute, baroque guita, etc. very
often there is a stain of some kind on the soundboard where the pinky
rested. I am taken by just how few historic lutes, etc. have this stain.

Joseph Mayes


On 3/10/05 2:01 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

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> Has anyone run across any historical evidence of thumb-out with the pinky
not
> resting on the soundboard? I'm aware of the baroque guitar strumming.
Just
> curious.
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