Is that the Yamaha Guitalele? Does that work as a beach/mountain instrument?
Wayne Begin forwarded message: > From: Dan Winheld <dwinh...@lmi.net> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Bream Collection... I just noticed > Date: December 9, 2013 at 11:38:24 AM EST > To: Geoff Gaherty <ge...@gaherty.ca> > Cc: Lute Dmth <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > > lutekulele? > > Geoff- YOU WIN! > > > > On 12/9/2013 6:18 AM, Geoff Gaherty wrote: >> On 09/12/13 8:34 AM, William Brohinsky wrote: >>> I own an electric guitar, and a small subset of the amazingly wide and >>> varied tone-modifiers and other paraphernalia of electric-guitar use. >>> And yet, I also own two acoustic 6-strings, two acoustic 12-strings, >>> two classical guitars (admittedly, my wife brought one to the union) >>> and a mandolin. Why ever for? >> >> I now own 10 different plucked instruments: medieval lute, renaissance lutes >> at a', g', and d', archlute, cittern, bandora, renaissance guitar, baroque >> guitar, and lutekulele. I play them all regularly, though mostly the g' >> renaissance and the baroque guitar (my newest toy). In my other hobby, >> astronomy, I own 12 telescopes. Fortunately my wife is a fabric artist, and >> owns half a dozen sewing machines, so she understands. >> >> Each instrument has its own function, strengths, and weaknesses. In each >> area we own a few high end devices, plus a variety of inexpensive >> "experiments." In my case, the former includes custom-made telescopes and >> lutes, the latter includes mass-produced Chinese telescopes, Pakistani >> pluckies, and various homebrews. >> >> And yes, we both know that we are sick. >> >> Geoff >> > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
