No. Lutes go acoustically dead after a few years when they contain insufficient amount of wood (i.e. built too light). When you grow up you will learn that there is such thing as balance, and that only an air-lute is indestructable. RT
----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:44 PM Subject: [LUTE] Sound vs studiness trade-off. > > We all know that lutes are fragile, at least compared > to drumstick. > > But, to what extent is there a tradeoff between studiness > and good sound? Could a builder make a lute sound much better > by making it so fragile that simply playing it might break it? > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
