Yes, I recall you did mention this and I think yours was the sole response I
mentioned at the time!
However later I got an email plus photo attachment from Kenneth Be (8 May
2006) which shows a lute player (two headed lute c.1660) using what looks like
TWO seperate ribbons attached to his waistcoat (American 'vest'): one fastened
to the button on the top end of the back and one, presumably, going to an end
button. I wrote 'EUREKA' at the time but, to my shame, haven't tried it yet
(not having a stiff enough waistcoat). This picture ought to be found in the
archives. A few others, including Robert Barto, expressed interest at the time
but I've had no further reports.
Since then, on pondering from time to time, I now think the answer may be
one continous ribbon(strap) which crosses over the chest and thence round the
back: this gives significantly increased friction and much reduces the tendency
for the whole thing moving around (as found with my unsatisfactory earlier
experience using a single loop fastened to these buttons but which just went
around the back). I've tried this cross over loop in rough mock up mode and it
seems promising but I need to find time to experiment more fully - perhaps
others might try. One final thing to mention is that it gives the appearance
of TWO ribbons coming out of the waistcoat as in the KB picture especially if
the ribbon is put on underneath a waiscoat/vest which also increases the
steadying/frictional effect.
MH
Ed Durbrow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I may have mentioned that my old Basel roommate Robert Clancy used to use
that. I think he used a saxophone strap in place of a button on his clothing. I
found it completely unstable. The thing flopped all over the place.
On May 3, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Martyn Hodgson wrote:
Whilst the use of a loop round a button seemed, on the face of it, an
eminently practical and sensible thoery; the difficulty I had was in making it
work in practice. I asked if any one else had tried it and, I recall, only got
a single response which echoed my own negative experience.
Have you actually tried this method or do you know of anybody who has? More
to the point if you, or others, have tried it what has been the experience?
Ed Durbrow
Saitama, Japan
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/
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