I can't see ANY music-loving nation putting up with this pompous stupidity (No - I checked - It's not April 1st). Haven't they got better things to do when the world, and particularly Europe is going down the tubes? Makes the rearranging of the deckchairs on the Titanic seem a sensible thing to do.
I guess musicians will just have to take up sheep stealing . . . Bill PS - and I HATE sausages in synthetic skins, too. As for haggis that doesn't involve the digestive tract of a sheep, life will no longer be worth living. PPS - I thought Italy just nodded in agreement then did its own thing anyway, regardless of the silly rules that come out of Brussels. I didn't think Berlusconi's departure would have such a devastating effect so soon. From: Orphenica <wer...@orphenica.de> To: Cc: Lute Net <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> Sent: Tuesday, 15 November 2011, 20:43 Subject: [LUTE] Gut Strings Dear collective lute wisdom, is it true that the production of gut in Europe will be prohibited by European law? As stated on Aquila's web page the production of gut strings and import of raw materials will be prohibited: [1]http://www.aquilacorde.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article &id=190&Itemid=1471&lang=en I tried to contact the Italian ministry of Health, with no answer by now. I cannot believe that we pay bureaucratic douchebags that have nothing else to do than to make such decisions. What will be next? Warning lights on theorbos longer than 1,40m; mandatory rubber gloves for gut players? we To get on or off this list see list information at [2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.aquilacorde.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=190&Itemid=1471&lang=en 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
