There is a Dean for sale on the web right now finished with MOTS. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 10:07 AM Subject: [LUTE] Re: guitares en bateau - MOTS
> At 09:26 AM 8/19/2005, Wayne Cripps wrote: >> > From: Alain Veylit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >> > I think that unfortunately the author's English gets in the way >> > sometimes, for instance when the 17th century lute neck is described as >> > decorated with "mother of toilet sit". Would that be mother of pearl? >> > Alain >> > >> >>Mother of Toilet Seat, MOTS for short, is a plastic imitation >>mother of pearl. It was really popular in the 1920's when it was >>an exciting new thing, and has been used since then for >>decoration and inlay on not so special instruments (like those >>made by Gibson in the 70's) > > > Gibson even did whole fingerboards of the stuff. Blecchhh! > > Eugene > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >
