Ed,
Wow, this is from a while ago. Anyway, my
interpretation of the "hanging from a button"
technique was that there was a very taught piece of
gut stretched across the actual surface of the back of
the lute, which then "sat" on a button from your coat.
Maybe I'm completely wrong about this - I've never
tried it myself - but I pictured it rather like a
picture frame with a super tight wire that hangs from
a nail. Unlike a frame, however, the lute, being
bowl-backed, would need to be in direct contact with
your body/coat/button (or it would just roll forward).
Unless one were very stiff with posture, I'd imagine
that the button would scrape against the surface of
the back of the instrument when you played.
Anyway, I don't do this. I just use a regular old
guitar strap. I prefer the nylon ones because they're
quite light.
Chris
--- Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> 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/
>
>
>
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