I have wondered if anyone had ever taken a lute out in flight & played for passengers! Good show, Kenneth!
ed At 10:54 AM 4/13/2005 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Let me tell about some interesting lute outreach during which I definitely >could NOT keep my gut strings in tune. Several months ago I was crossing >over the Atlantic in a B747 cargo jet and couldn't resist giving my >first-ever lute outreach performance over the Mid-Atlantic Ridge to my >fellow passenger/couriers. I played familiar simple tunes like >Greensleeves, but eventually gave up because it was impossible to keep the >strings tuned in the super-dry air cabin environment, not to mention the >competition with the noise from the jet engines! However, at close range >my listeners could at least appreciate hearing and seeing a lute for the >first time. > >Kenneth > >-- > >To get on or off this list see list information at >http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice: (218) 728-1202
