> Some of the handier lute players I know-- Jim Lidgett and Bob
> Clair come to mind -- have rigged up floor-to-ceiling shelf systems
> that can house a surprising number of instruments in a surprisingly
> small space.
Metro brand wire shelving (home version of the shelving found in some
of your classier deli's), comes in black, white and chrome. Standard
item at a reasonable hardware/home improvement place or off the web.
Ours was about $100 for a four shelf unit plus another $20 for an
extra shelf.
Picture:
http://www.elroberto.com/pictures/luteRack.jpg
The shelves are 18" deep by 4' and in most cases you can get two
lutes on a shelf. The picture shows when we were testing it out. It
currently holds 8 lutes (floor and bottom three shelves); curtal,
consort of renaissance recorders on the next shelf; two baroque
guitars and a couple of shawms piled on top of them on the top shelf.
All in 6 square feet of precious NYC one-bedroom apartment floor
space. (Note that this is a two lute player household.)
...Bob
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