Just curious-- has anyone ever had or heard of a pegbox failing because of a strap? It should be fine if one ties the strap as close as possible to the joint. Sterling
Sent from my iPad > On Jul 23, 2015, at 10:23 AM, Chris Barker <csbarker...@att.net> wrote: > > I have noticed one recurring mistake that lutenists are making with straps. > I'm no bigtime performer, just an amateur for fifty years, but I have built > a number of Lutes and Vihuelas, and I see a problem some lutenists are > making with their straps. Attaching a strap to a button that is pinned > through the end of the lute and into the tail block is just fine. Attaching > a strap to the pegbox is NOT. The pegbox is already under a great deal of > tension from the strings. The added tension from a strap, no matter how > slight, is just multiplying the chances for a difficulty to occur. It is > always advisable to mount a button through the center stave and into the > neck block less than an inch from the neck/body joint. On Vihuelas and > Baroque and Renaissance Guitars the button should be pinned through the neck > block centered and less than an inch from the heel, or into the heel itself > if it is large enough. I have done this, and it works. Others have been > happy with it as well. > > Chris > > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf > Of Charles Mokotoff > Sent: Thursday, July 23, 2015 6:44 AM > To: LuteNet list <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Strap > > Thanks to everyone for the replies. What is clear from my looking the > URLs over is that: > 1. No one in the USA is selling these > 2. They are a bit expensive for what you get > However, I understand that some of these are quite beautiful and much > nicer than anything I could probably cobble together. > More importantly, I played around with my version some more and noticed > that, yes, the lute is sitting stable on the RIGHT thigh, rather than > in between the thighs with a footstool, (essentially I hold the > instrument as if it were a classical guitar). This used to work in my > younger years, not so much now. But, playing thumb out and using the > strap, it still is uncomfortable and tends to put my hand over the rose > or even closer to the neck. Perhaps just needs some time to adjust? > Nigel North's strap configuration looks a bit different than what Paul > uses: > [1]https://youtu.be/c7wLjIF1N5o > Thanks, again. > > On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Charles Mokotoff > <[2]mokot...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Does anyone know where I could get this strap that Paul O'Dette > is > referring to in this interview? > [1][3]https://youtu.be/tQ5vltWA0IY?t=15m27s > I have tried jury-rigging something similar but it isn't working > all > that well for me. My lute looks about the same size as the > instrument > Paul is holding. > Thanks for any words of wisdom on this, I've been wanting to sit > differently for some time. > -- > References > 1. [4]https://youtu.be/tQ5vltWA0IY?t=15m27s > To get on or off this list see list information at > [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > -- > > References > > 1. https://youtu.be/c7wLjIF1N5o > 2. mailto:mokot...@gmail.com > 3. https://youtu.be/tQ5vltWA0IY?t=15m27s > 4. https://youtu.be/tQ5vltWA0IY?t=15m27s > 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > >
