On May 4, 2006, at 12:11 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Question: Wouldn't hanging your lute from a button > scratch the heck out of the back of your instrument? > Even if it doesn't move around alot, I would think the > finish at the contact point would get very worn. I would guess no, not unless there was a button touching the lute underneath the one that the lute is hanging from. You said "hanging", so by definition that means the button wouldn't be touching the lute. Another approach is to use a saxophone strap or classical guitar strap instead of a loop attached to a button, then you could wear a buttonless shirt. Now as far as the twine which is stretched between the two pegs goes, if that chafs the finish of the middle rib, I don't know. I experimented with this 25 years ago but only for a short time. It felt very odd to me to have just one point of support. I use a standard guitar strap configuration, that is both ends attached to the back of the lute, NOT one end going to the pegbox. I'm used to it after 30 years. cheers, Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
