On 4 July 2011 19:49, wikla <[email protected]> wrote: > "reverse engineering"
Reverse engineering an instrument, that is creating a lute with specs that you think will solve your problems, might give the answers you were looking for. How convenient. It will most likely not give any answers about historical instruments and why they didn't work for what you were trying to do with them. So it will not teach you something new, surprise you or puzzle you. How boring. Ultimately then, a lute along your own specs will not help you to get closer to historical lute playing. But it is convenient. I have a smallish archlute to my own specs, tailored for 440 jobs and easy transport. Very convenient. David -- ******************************* 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
