I am going to make myself a nice lute strap.
So I have been digging through paintings...
Weirdly, no one ever seems to use any form of strap...
How did they manage to play?
Or did the painters not bother painting them?
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Does anyone know where I could get this strap that Paul O'Dette is
referring to in this interview?
[1]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
Pa
Josè Antonio Ahumada, in Paris:
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He makes wonderful straps (bandoulières),
Henner
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From: "Henry Villca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Subject: [LUTE] Lute Strap
Dear Colleages,
!! I'm a lutenist from Bolivia-So
Dear Colleages,
!! I'm a lutenist from Bolivia-South America now based in
Amsterdam, I would like to ask if someone could please give me some
information!about lute straps, I've read something!about Mr. Ahumada from
France but unfortunatelly I could not find more information
Does anybody have an email contact to Janice Parkinson-Tucker? She was
advertising her lute straps in the Lute Society of America magazine some
time ago. Personally I don't like leather guitar straps for lutes and would
be grateful if somebody gives me some details on where to get a nice lute
strap
ish showing where it was tightly tied."
Yes, it would be nice to hear from someone who has had success with
this particular method of stabilising the lute.
Best wishes,
Stewart.
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From: "Martyn Hodgson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Stewart McCoy&q
Dear Stewart,
The business of holding lutes with straps/ gut loops was aired about a year
ago and you'll no doubt find the communications in the archives.
At the time I was particularly interested in the gut loop option since, in
the late 70s, I had done some restoration work on a
