On Sep 9, 2007, at 5:43 PM, Rebecca Banks wrote: > My Bass Renaissance Lute is arriving soon from Brazil and > Luciano Faria. I have a golden wooden flower medallion with a hook > that I am going to hang on the wall and I am going to tie a velvet > tie around the throat of the Lute and hang the Lute flat side > against the wall. It is a low natural light room, I will regulate > the humidity with a humidifier and polish and play the wonderful > art piece regularly. As to people slathering over my art piece, > only associates with invitations are allowed admittance, and I > personally do not know any slatherers,
Slatherers of all kinds are to be avoided at all costs! Rebecca, I know you want to display your lute for all to see and admire, I understand that completely, but I think a really good lute should be kept in the case. I would never hang my 13-course, or my beloved 10-course, on the wall. Actually, I do have a 6-course that I hang on the wall. Albeit made by a luthier who is well-known and very highly thought of, it has been a bit of a disappointment to me. It has a repaired crack (which he did not tell me about), and considerable scoring on the neck where the frets are tied. Still, it's a good lute to use for ensemble purposes, so when I'm not using it for that, I hang it on the wall as a thing of beauty. DR [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
