David, Do you change lutes often? You are correct, in that many professional players do so.
I have hung on to most of my instruments, as there are no perfect instruments, or perfect players. Ubkess there are serious issues with a particular lute, I tend to try to coax the best out of my instrument. I suspect that after a period of time, many players hear something in another lute, or they discover a minor undesirable factor in one they have, and they move on. At 03:28 AM 11/16/2009, David Tayler wrote: >Funny how so many professionals change their lutes so often (there >are some notable exceptions) >I wonder how much of that is a recent recording experience, and the >lute is changed after the recording instead of before it. >I mean, if the pros can't pick a winner, what chance do we have? And >if advice were the important factor, who advised them? Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: e...@gamutstrings.com voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
