--- Bernd Haegemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyway, the first (tortoise) lute was stringed with > the tortoise's > intestines :)
careful bernd - mention of critters in relation to lutes has been the ruin of many a' poor boy and god i know i'm one ... "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
