I have a guitar made at the turn of the century , the one with bone pegs. It has a spot where the LF has worn away the softer wood between the growth lines, probably about half way through the top, but it doesn't have any kind of real obvious discoloration. It's on my website under museum photos, the one with the floral ebony bridge design. The fellow I got it from Sterling Price claims if you rest your LF there you become possessed. Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Mayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:37 PM Subject: Re: historical pinky off ??
> 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: > > > > > 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. > > > > - Chris Schuab > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > > >
