> I don't know where Stephen Gibson, who asked the original question, > lives, but there are places in the world where walls spontaneously > move. A Southern California native knows that you should never put > anything on a wall or a shelf that you wouldn't want falling on your > head when the ground shakes.
That's a good point... anyway Paolo Cherici, my former teacher, had his lutes hanging on the wall, with tapestry behind. I remember him saying that this is the way they used to in ancient times, so why not? As far as I know, no lutemaker has killed him up to now.. Donatella http://web.tiscali.it/awebd To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
