forgot to include this, taken from the oud site. something to chase down during those long periods of carefree inactivity:
http://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/music.html the smithsonian reconstruction of a sumerian harp is pretty basic - a bow with a rectangular sound box and strings. - bill "and thus i made...a small vihuela from the shell of a creepy crawly..." - Don Gonzalo de Guerrero (1512), "Historias de la Conquista del Mayab" by Fra Joseph of San Buenaventura. go to: http://www.charango.cl/paginas/quieninvento.htm ___________________________________________________________ How much free photo storage do you get? Store your holiday snaps for FREE with Yahoo! Photos http://uk.photos.yahoo.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
