Jason, I decided to try a strap at Paul Beier's suggestion. I went to a few Goodwill stores in the area and finally found a 1.75" (40mm) wide black lightweight leather belt. I cut the ends and put one large hole w/ a slit in it to snugly go over the peg. I put two holes in the other to run a long dark shoelace loop from there to the pegbox and back. When in the case, the strap's length lies over the strings and just comes to the nut.
Works great standing and sitting. I tried the thin black ribbon route for a while but I found the belt's string loop going to widely-spaced pegs in the pegbox greatly reduces the lute's tendancy to rotate. A piece of chamois on the right leg keeps it from wandering, too. I could send you a photo if you'd like. Sean ps, my apologies if this appears twice. I didn't see it appear for a while so I resent it. On Aug 24, 2006, at 2:19 AM, Jason Ferry wrote: > I would like to know from lutenists who use straps for > your instruments where you get them from. Do you use > generic guitar straps, or make your own, or is there a > supplier of straps that are specific to the lute? > Also, from you experience are there particular types > of material that are preferable, and widths, etc. > > Thank you, > > Jason > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
