I Have a friend who holds some record for shooting the long bow. He was telling me there was a wood from Texas, called Osage Orange, that is the only other wood that is used for making excellent bows. Has anyone tried it for lutes? Does anyone know if the Sandalwood mentioned in Fugger's inventory of lutes is the actual Sandalwood from India?
Michael Thames www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 28, 2005 6:04 PM Subject: cartloads of yew > I think this has been discused on the lute list in the past, as I > recall, Henry 8 required all men of england to practice at the butts so > that England would have lots of archers; Yew bow staves were stocked at > all the armories, along with the makings of arrows. Much of this yew > was imported, if I recall corectly, from italy. > > Hand-held firearms gradually supplanted the bow and the crossbow, > rendering the stockpiled Yew less useful as a strategic reserve. > > Mind you, this is all off the top of my head, best as I remember. > > -- > Dana Emery > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
