Hi Herbert: Actually Lutes are a lot more fragile, you don't carry a painting around all over the place and play it at weddings, banquets and orgies like the Lute was played. Most of the existing old Lutes have been updated and converted from their original configuration and some, I understand, were converted into Hurdy Gurdys.
Vance Wood. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Herbert Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 05, 2004 1:58 PM Subject: Why paintings but no lutes? > > > Support also comes ... from paintings > > It seems that much of the evidence about early lutes comes from paintings, > which are about as flammable and fragile as lutes. Have we, in general, > lost the lutes, but kept the paintings? If so, why? > > > >
