Hmmm, an iron theorbo would probably make for a pretty good wok.
Hungrily, Eugene _______________________________________________________________________ From: morgan cornwall [mailto:mcornw...@ns.sympatico.ca] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:26 PM To: howard posner; Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us; lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: : Cost of a lute? While I don't think I will try and string up my pots and pans, I would probably buy a set of pots that looked like various historic lutes. Imagine the theorbo for spaghetti! I think it could be done, although maybe not in carbon fiber. ----- Original Message ----- From: [1]howard posner To: [2]Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: [3]dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us ; [4]'morgan cornwall' ; [5]l...@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: : Cost of a lute? On Oct 1, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Merrill managed to pull off aluminum-backed instruments in the late 19th c: [6]http://www.mugwumps.com/aluminum.htm Of course, they did have a wooden strip at the edge of shell for joining soundboard. I've handled guitars and Neapolitan-type (kinda) mandolins from that shop. No thank you! I'm reminded of Baron's remark that he'd tried a lute with a bowl made of copper, and it sounded more like an old pot than true lute. -- References 1. mailto:howardpos...@ca.rr.com 2. mailto:brai...@osu.edu 3. mailto:dem...@suffolk.lib.ny.us 4. mailto:mcornw...@ns.sympatico.ca 5. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 6. http://www.mugwumps.com/aluminum.htm To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
