I had thought David meant 'No intestinal fortitude, no acclaim' But I would go along with the notion that without gut strings there is no glory.
Could this become the motto for the elite of our lute-players? What's that in Latin? Ron (UK) -----Original Message----- From: LGS-Europe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:47 PM To: Edward Martin; [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute reaches mases > No guts no glory? Come on Ed, of all the glorious lute jobs in the world (...). Of course I used gut strings! I had 20 guts on my lute. Not a fishing line in sight. David You of all people did not use gut? > > What strings did you use - fishing line? > > > > At 08:26 AM 10/23/2007 +0200, LGS-Europe wrote: >>Last Saturday I had to play my lute during a royal baptism here in the >>Netherlands. 850 people in church, cool enough, but it was live on tv. The >>newspaper writes 787000 people watched. That's a large audience for a >>lute. >> >>David - No guts no glory. >> >> >> >> >> >>**************************** >>David van Ooijen >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>www.davidvanooijen.nl >>**************************** >> >> >> >>To get on or off this list see list information at >>http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html >> >> >>-- >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: >>269.15.6/1086 - Release Date: 10/22/2007 7:57 PM > > > > Edward Martin > 2817 East 2nd Street > Duluth, Minnesota 55812 > e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > voice: (218) 728-1202 > > >
