Lutenist: The lutenist is simply an instrument plucker without a neck. Without a neck?
He couldn't be a violinist either, - he'd never get it under his chin! This is a great thread for Christmas-cracker jokes. I had no idea Wikipedea could be so funny! Happy Christmas Ron (UK) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html