Aw hell Tim, You ruined my planned good advice. I watched Ronn McFalane's student all putting that 'bit of cloth' on their laps and wondered what it was (realized that it was a bit of friction). So went to Sears and saw giant pieces of artificial shammy (chamois) for more than I wanted to pay. So went to an auto supply store and got a nice piece of the real stuff for five bucks. Now I too can play naked, but at my age I think it wouldn't do much for the audience.
Best, Jon To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
