Dear Joseph, Most of the wear marks on old lutes are behind the bridge....
Martin Joseph Mayes wrote: >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 >> >> > > > > > > >
