I am curious...... is it a not-so-deep Hoffman back made of bird's eye maple? if so, it is my old baroque lute. Yikes!
At 04:29 PM 10/1/2009, Alfred Eberle wrote: >I have the remains of a very old Hachez lute whose top had come off, >and we now use it as a curious salad bowl... > >Alfred >in Berkeley > >--- On Thu, 10/1/09, Eugene C. Braig IV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > From: Eugene C. Braig IV <[email protected]> > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: : Cost of a lute? > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009, 2:25 PM > > Hmmm, an iron > > theorbo would probably make for a pretty good wok. > > > > > > Hungrily, > > > > Eugene > > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > > From: morgan cornwall [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 5:26 PM > > To: howard posner; Eugene C. Braig IV > > Cc: [email protected]; > > [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: : Cost of a > > lute? > > > > > > 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 > > Edward Martin 2817 East 2nd Street Duluth, Minnesota 55812 e-mail: [email protected] voice: (218) 728-1202 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1660298871&ref=name http://www.myspace.com/edslute
