David wrote: > >Okay, here's what we have so far in a nutshell to account for the >demise of the lute: > >The lute died:
[SNIP] You forgot a main point; That even though Sting tried to make it fashionable within the popular music culture no one really wanted to play it Jimi Hendrix style, i.e. to plug it into a big amplifier (the kind that uses a big spring for the reverb function), attach a Wah-Wah pedal to it, douse it in lighter fluid and while it's burning play Anachreon in Heaven on it. Regards, Craig ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
