It's funny: exactly yesterday I sat with the lute, just by chance, on a sort of feetrest I have in front of my couch. It has a slight slope, more or less the same which the cushion described by Kenneth Be has. That moderate slope and the height makes a nice place to sit when playing. BTW, certainly most of you know about the swedish "Balans" chairs, which have that slope. Saludos from Barcelona, Manolo Laguillo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >In a message dated 1/8/04 7:28:08 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > >>And the only position I feel >>comfortable in is sitting upright on a hard chair playing my lute, with a >>hot-water bottle behind me. Somehow the combination of the hard chair and >>the >>position required to play the instrument relieve the pain, and course the >>music >>does the rest. >> >> > > >I recall from a past LSA seminar seeing Jacob Lindberg using a specially >designed wedge-shaped cushion which slopes forward at a low angle with a little >gap cut out for the spot at the bottom of the spine. He said that it solved his >back pain and gave him a comfortable posture. Recently, here in the U.S. I >have seen these for the first time being sold in the Walgreens store chains (I >think they cost around $20 or so). > > >Kenneth Be >Cleveland, Ohio > >-- > > >
