Dear Stuart, Unless you can be absolutely sure that the frets are in the right place, I think it is a bad idea. If the frets are not spot on, you'll never get the instrument in tune, and after hours of frustration spent in futile attempts at the impossible, you'll end up playing other instruments instead. I speak from experience. Hanging on the wall I have two citterns made from an Early Music kit. Both are very dusty. How about asking them for a couple of Minkoff facsimiles instead?
Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stuart Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 10:16 PM Subject: [CITTERN] The EMS £500 cittern > > Anybody know anything about the cittern advertised on the EMS website: > > http://www.e-m-s.com/front/emsframes.html > > There is no illustration of it. It appears to be a finished version of > their cittern kit. > > The place I work is giving £500 to people who have worked for a certain > time. They won't give money though - you have to specify something. The > EMS cittern costs £499.99. > Good idea? Bad idea? To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
