Using a table could prove inconvenient, does it mean the bigger the table the louder the sound? Could placing a table on it's side then gluing 4 12 inch plates to it be an example of an early 4 x 12, is there any evidence for this in the manuscripts? It would be easier to put a contact mike on the bowl of the lute then put it thru' Ye Olde worlde Marshall, not that I have one of course, I'm strictly a Peavey man.
I too am now destined for the bunker. :-) N ( UK ) -----Original Message----- From: Ron Fletcher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 15 May 2007 22:19 To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: Tables (was cleaning a soundboard + Strap) Ed wrote... This does indeed sound a very interesting concept. The tables were made specifically for lutes, so I suppose the wood and its thickness, and perhaps its shape, would have been chosen for this purpose. Anthony wrote... Nevertheless, the fact that many salons might have had such a lute- table, does imply that lutes took up much more space in people's lives than one might have expected at first reflection. Less than a piano today, more like a spinet, perhaps. ________________________________________________________________________ ____ How about the origins of the word Table? A place to lay tablature? I suspect tablature derived from the use of a table? What is an occasional table - the rest of the time? Is an acoustic extending-table suitable for all voices - S.A.T.B? (Anag.?) How do you tune an acoustic-table? Saw a bit off a leg? Is that where you would like the sound-hole? No, that is where I put my coffee cup! For projection (protection?), perhaps lute-players pointed the legs of the table towards the audience and played from behind? Did bad lute-players otherwise keep a whip and stool handy? How did the term 'highly-strung' come about? - Er...Don't go there! Did table-dancers get turned on by lute-music? Is this a load of tisch and tosh? This seems a good time to duck behind my flame-wall! Best Wishes Ron (UK) To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
