There must have been a few hot summers in 16th century Italy, too. I wonder if they had the same problem with their lutes then?
P On 25 July 2010 17:21, Edward Martin <[[email protected]> wrote: I recall a lute Society of America seminar in 1979. It was in Barrington, Rhode island. The temperatures were in the high 90's F., but the humidity has also in the 90's. I recall at least 5 lutes went belly-up (literally) - the glue melted, & the lutes self-destructed. My baroque lute was one - the top came off! ed At 07:47 PM 7/24/2010, Herbert Ward wrote: >What is the maximum safe temperature for a lute? > >A few summers ago, Dallas reached 100 degrees >in the shade (actual air temperature) 30 days in a row. > > > >To get on or off this list see list information at >[2]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. mailto:[email protected] 2. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
