.. And then some of us are "pre-beginners", not having a lute of any form yet...
For the past 40+ years, I've mainly played woodwinds and classical guitar, but have recently become interested in playing with a local early music group (recorders, shawms, crumhorns, etc.). (I've owned a raft of early woodwinds for some time, but haven't had much call to play them.) Along the way, I've developed a strong fascination for the lute and theorbo, and have been lurking here hoping to pick up on the attitudes you seasoned players have towards the various versions of the instrument. I have a predilection for the bass & contrabass end of the spectrum, so am gravitating toward theorbo. Does anyone have an opinion on the Early Music Shop theorbo that's now being advertised? I am strictly a hobbyist player: still have two daughters in college, and can't afford to give up my day job ;-) If you have any questions about patent law, feel free to ask... Thanks, Grant On Jan 26, 2008 3:40 AM, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I call on all those lurkers who are even too shy to contribute emails, > let us know what you are up to, ask questions. I have many questions of my > own - the subject is too large for one person to know everything. And I > for > one enjoy contributions from beginners and amateurs (in the best sense of > the word) than from arrogant know-all so-called professionals. > -- > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html<http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html> > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Grant Green - www.contrabass.com Heckelphone, Sarrusophone & Interesting Instruments --
