If you remove the neck with its extension and jam it through the rose,
you can rig a sail on the thing and go boating on the bay. One gentleman
who used to play a gigantic theorbo here had an instrument that would
have floated at least three medium size lutenists and their lunch
comfortably. :-D
Ed- you may possibly have met him out here (can't recall his name at the
moment); an older gentleman who has since passed on- don't know what has
happened to his theorboat.
Dan
On 10/4/2013 5:39 AM, Edward Martin wrote:
Very clever. I recall about 10 years ago I asked Dan Larson to build
me a theorbo, and he replied he would not, because he told me I do not
want one.
Turns out he is correct.
ed
At 12:17 AM 10/4/2013, John Lenti wrote:
Speaking as a full-time theorbo player, I feel that I can say with
some authority that the theorbo cannot be held comfortably by anyone
ever. What you do is you play near the bridge and suffer, pop some
Advil, suffer some more, pop a Demerol, more massage, claw at the
strings nearish the bridge, Demerol, suffer, stretch, suffer, take a
month off, and then start over. The theorbo is out to get you, and it
will win.
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