Dear Jaroslav, It's unlikely to be glue. It should be a little ivory peg like you get at the tail end of the lute for fitting a strap. You tie the gut tight between the two pegs, so that the gut lies flush with the ribs.
All the best, Stewart. -----Original Message----- From: Jaros³aw Lipski [mailto:jaroslawlip...@wp.pl] Sent: 21 February 2009 22:01 To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: Laurent de La Hyre BTW, am I right that the gut is fixed with some glue near the neck (white spot)? JL ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stewart McCoy" <lu...@tiscali.co.uk> To: "Lute Net" <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:14 PM Subject: [LUTE] Laurent de La Hyre > Dear Jaroslav, > > > You hook the gut on to one of the buttons of your coat to stabilise the > lute while you are holding it. I seem to remember Mersenne mentioning > it. See also Robert Spencer's article on the theorbo in Early Music. It > is likely that Mouton is holding his lute this way in the famous > picture of him. > > > Best wishes, > > > Stewart McCoy. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jaros^3aw Lipski [mailto:jaroslawlip...@wp.pl] > Sent: 21 February 2009 18:06 > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Laurent de La Hyre > > > Oh, I've forgot 2 other interesting details. > > > The frets are double (except last 2), made of a thin gut with knots > on > > the treble side. > > > Both theorbo and the lute on the table has a folded double piece of > gut > > going in the middle of the back (longside). It starts from the end > pin > > (which is visible on the theorbo) and ends on the white spot (glue?) > > close to the place where the body meets the neck. There is a loop > > attached to the long gut - maybe some sort of the system for keeping > > the instrument while playing. I don't think it served for hanging > the > > instrument on the wall. They wouldn't waist such a long piece of gut > > for this purpose. I hang it with a very short piece of used string > > attached to the peg box. > > > > > Best > > > Jaroslaw > > > -- > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > >
