On Mar 17, 2007, at 6:56 AM, Herbert Ward wrote: > I've heard that lutes, due to the thinness of the wood > in their soundboard, do not improve with age like > violins, and that, in fact, an old lute will have an > OK bass and treble, but be weak in the middle courses.
After hearing Jacob Lindberg's 400 year old lute, I can assure you that is not the case. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
