While I don't think I will try and string up my pots and pans, I would probably buy a set of pots that looked like various historic lutes. Imagine the theorbo for spaghetti! I think it could be done, although maybe not in carbon fiber.
----- Original Message ----- From: [1]howard posner To: [2]Eugene C. Braig IV Cc: [3][email protected] ; [4]'morgan cornwall' ; [5][email protected] Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:12 PM Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: : Cost of a lute? On Oct 1, 2009, at 1:01 PM, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: Merrill managed to pull off aluminum-backed instruments in the late 19th c: [6]http://www.mugwumps.com/aluminum.htm Of course, they did have a wooden strip at the edge of shell for joining soundboard. I've handled guitars and Neapolitan-type (kinda) mandolins from that shop. No thank you! I'm reminded of Baron's remark that he'd tried a lute with a bowl made of copper, and it sounded more like an old pot than true lute. -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. mailto:[email protected] 3. mailto:[email protected] 4. mailto:[email protected] 5. mailto:[email protected] 6. http://www.mugwumps.com/aluminum.htm To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
