I believe Dan Larson built two medieval lutes to be used on stage... maybe I'm wrong..
A Bruno On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 2:20 PM, Steve Ramey <[1]stevera...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: A A Wayne, A A I loaned my early Paki lute to a local theater company a few years A A back. A I sort of knew the fellow who would use it (an accomplished A A clarinetist) and didn't really fear for its well being. A Not that I A A particularly feared for it anyway. A I secured it by holding his check A A for a few hundred dollars, which I returned to him when he brought the A A lute back. A I've since sold the lute. A A Steve A A A __________________________________________________________________ A A From: wayne cripps <[2]w...@cs.dartmouth.edu> A A To: "[3]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu" <[4]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> A A Sent: Thursday, February 7, 2013 7:18 AM A A Subject: [LUTE] lutes for theatre? A A Hi - A A I regularly get requests from theatre people to rent a lute for a A A play. A Are there regular theatre rental companies who would have prop A A lutes that a theatre company could rent? A Something tough that looks A A like a lute to the audience? A It seems like there must be a market for A A such a thing. A A A Wayne A A To get on or off this list see list information at A A [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html A A -- -- A Bruno Cognyl-Fournier A [6]www.estavel.org A -- References 1. mailto:stevera...@sbcglobal.net 2. mailto:w...@cs.dartmouth.edu 3. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 4. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html 6. http://www.estavel.org/