The thing is, when a lute stops being a musician's working tool (e.g. the musician dies or gets a new lute) it becomes a piece of junk that's too much trouble to take care of.
Herbert Ward wrote: > >> My not-so-scholarly take: >> Good lutes were working tools and subject to the whims and clumsiness of >> working musicians. Paintings were valuable decoration to be preserved >> well >> out of the way of trouble. > > > Seems like the owners would have been more careful than to have destroyed > _all_ of their lutes. But I've never climbed onto a horse with a lute, so > perhaps I should be more understanding. > > > -- Rough-edged songs from a dark place in the soul: http://DoctorOakroot.com
