I have the remains of a very old Hachez lute whose top had come off, and we now use it as a curious salad bowl...
Alfred in Berkeley --- On Thu, 10/1/09, Eugene C. Braig IV <brai...@osu.edu> wrote: > From: Eugene C. Braig IV <brai...@osu.edu> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: : Cost of a lute? > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 2:25 PM > 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 >
