You are a funny man David. Levitateing Lutes, whoever heard of such a thing-----would that be the original Air Lute? I'm sorry I just couldn't resist this one.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Rastall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:32 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute straps > On May 2, 2006, at 11:18 AM, Craig Allen wrote: > > I"ve tried playing the lute standing up without a strap and it's > > very difficult for me. So I prefer to sit with a piece of suede > > across my knee to keep the lute from slipping. > > Me too. I find it difficult to play standing up, in fact I even use > a strap when sitting down. But for the purposes of a painting, it's > easy enough to pose with a lute standing up. Maybe that's what they > were doing in those paintings; although, the lute-playing angels > could probably levitate the lute to whatever position they > wanted... ;-) ;-) > > David R > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.rastallmusic.com > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
