A lot of folks, myself included, attach their straps like that, and this is the first I've heard of anyone having any problems with the neck joint.
>From: bill kilpatrick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: lute net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> >Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute straps (genuinely about straps and lutes) >Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 16:27:50 +0100 (BST) > >i screwed one of those strap pegs into the butt end of >my oud, made a leather strap with leather thong to >attach it to the peg box and i have to say it looked >ok - comfortable too - but i just pulled it all off >again. > >the weakest point on an oud - i presume it's also for >a lute - is where the neck joins the body. both my >ouds - one cheap, the other not - started to buckle at >this point, thus causing string buzz and it occurred >to me (duh! ... duh-duh!!) that placing an over the >shoulder strap on the instrument puts tugging pressure >at both ends and probably helped to bend it back on >itself, aggravating the aforementioned buckle at the >neck/body join. > >if someone warned me of this beforehand, i obviously >didn't get it. > >- bill > >early music charango ... http://groups.google.com/group/charango > >Send instant messages to your online friends 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
