On my Baroque lute, I attach both ends to the lute bowl, although the button at the front end occasionally pops out! I am using a red suede leather terminated guitar strap, but as the strap tends to slip off the shoulder, I have sown rubber undercarpet material to the underside of the strap (the same material as many people use on their lap). I have turned the strap over to show this, here: [1]http://tinyurl.com/67qfg6x It may seem inelegant, but it doesn't show when playing. The only problem is that this material , with prolonged contact, can take the varnish off the lute (or mark it, as did happen to me), so another solution could be to use a thick velvet, similar to that used on this lute strap, by Jose Antonio Ahumada: [2]http://tinyurl.com/4g27r7d Indeed, I would use this strap type, as it grips on to the shoulder very well, except that you can't control the strap length quite so well. The grip is even better if you can have the strap tight, but that means holding your lute high on the chest. As Benjamin Narvey is doing here: [3]http://tinyurl.com/4wbw8d8 I used to do this, as I could then either stand or sit, but having had a frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitisis), I now have to hold my lute as low as possible, so as to put minimum strain on the shoulder area. Regards Anthony __________________________________________________________________
De : Sean Smith <lutesm...@mac.com> A : lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Envoye le : Jeu 10 mars 2011, 19h 20min 18s Objet : [LUTE] Re: Strap slips off left shoulder. Thanks, Roman, but this shouldn't be taken as an illustration of what I meant. I'm sorry that I don't have the means to throw it up on the web at the moment. Think stabilizing triangle from strap-end to pegbox. s On Mar 10, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Roman Turovsky <[4]r.turov...@verizon.net> wrote: > I've made a little chart of how to tie the strap to prevent rolling/slipping: > [5]http://torban.org/images/strap.jpg > RT' > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sean Smith" <[6]lutesm...@mac.com> > To: <[7]lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2011 12:43 PM > Subject: [LUTE] Re: Strap slips off left shoulder. > > >> Tie the strap off at the butt end of lute in the usual way. Where the strap ends over the left shoulder attach a long loop of string (I like a dark shoelace). Let one end run over the peg at the nut end of the pegbox and the other at the tip (or wherever you like considering all those pegs to choose from). Make a few loops around varius pegs on the far side to finetune the length and to keep it from traveling. >> >> I've done this for years. I can stand or sit and expect zero lute rotation. It also keeps my shoulders 'square' and non slumpy which may help your slippage problem. >> >> >> Sean >> >> On Mar 9, 2011, at 7:20 PM, Herbert Ward <[8]wa...@physics.utexas.edu> wrote: >> >>> >>> In playing my 13-course, the strap is constantly on the verge >>> of slipping backwards off my left shoulder. To a lesser extent >>> this happens with my Renaissance lute also. Any suggeestions >>> besides safety-pinning the strap to my shirt? >>> >>> >>> >>> To get on or off this list see list information at >>> [9]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> > > -- References 1. http://tinyurl.com/67qfg6x 2. http://tinyurl.com/4g27r7d 3. http://tinyurl.com/4wbw8d8 4. mailto:r.turov...@verizon.net 5. http://torban.org/images/strap.jpg 6. mailto:lutesm...@mac.com 7. mailto:lute@cs.dartmouth.edu 8. mailto:wa...@physics.utexas.edu 9. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html
