Hi Ed, Indeed they are, and Takahashi is the man I've been chatting with in regards to these cases. They are very light - I just hope they are safe, and perhaps even available. Best wishes, Benjamin
2009/9/30 Ed Durbrow <[1][email protected]> I couldn't find the link to the photos, but are those the styrofoam cases? I think Takahashi Tsunoda may have one. He showed it to Jakob Lindberg when he was here and Jakob commented about it being very light. On Sep 30, 2009, at 7:34 PM, Benjamin Narvey wrote: --0016e6db2fee0fd64a0474c91285 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Dear All, Does anyone on this list have any experience with the lute cases of Japanese maker Shigeru Soma (La Soma)? They look very good, although I'm not sure they are hard cases. They are extremely light and well made, weighing in at about 1-1.5 kg. See the photos below. Just thought I'd pas this on for your information. All best wishes, Benjamin -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Post-doctorant/Post-Doctoral Fellow Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) IVe Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 Site web/Website: [2]www.luthiste.com --0016e6db2fee0fd64a0474c91285 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear All,<br><br>Does anyone on this list have any experience with the lute cases of Japanese maker Shigeru Soma (La Soma)? They look very good, although I'm not sure they are hard cases. They are extremely light and well made, weighing in at about 1-1.5 kg. See the photos below.<br><br>Just thought I'd pas this on for your information.<br> <br>All best wishes,<br>Benjamin<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div style=""><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><img src="cid:80B873FE-9E25-4AFC-8855-4503E66A2469" width="660" height="496"></div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><div><div><div></div><br></div><div><div style=""><div><img src="cid:AE9EA42B-FDFE-4EE4-B877-3A6A4CE20499" width="660" height="496"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div> </div><br></div><img src="cid:66332225-47BC-4290-ABFD-4A3CB84BFE98" width="652" height="489"><div> <br></div><div><br><img src="cid:F33B0183-ECB5-4F5B-8D67-C2AD093DC011" width="652" height="489"><br><br></div></div></div><br>-- <br>Dr Benjamin A. Narvey<br>Post-doctorant/Post-Doctoral Fellow<br>Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne)<br> IVe Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques<br>t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44<br>p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98<br>Site web/Website: <a href="[3]http://www.luthiste.com";>[4]www.luthiste.com</a><br> --0016e6db2fee0fd64a0474c91285-- -- To get on or off this list see list information at [5]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan [6][email protected] [7]http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Post-doctorant/Post-Doctoral Fellow Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes (Sorbonne) IVe Section des Sciences historiques et philologiques t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 Site web/Website: [8]www.luthiste.com -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.luthiste.com/ 3. http://www.luthiste.com/ 4. http://www.luthiste.com/ 5. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewbc/lute-admin/index.html 6. mailto:[email protected] 7. http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ 8. http://www.luthiste.com/
