I put a largish piece of leather in my lap, which provides adequate friction even for my theorbo and no risk to the finish.
Guy -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of R. Mattes Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 7:45 AM To: Leah Baranov; Roman Turovsky Cc: Lute List; Adam Olsen Subject: [LUTE] Re: Rubber mat On Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:53:01 -0500, Leah Baranov wrote > Any 99cent store or hardware/kitchen place sells inexpensive > rolls of rubberized shelf liners in a variety of colors including black. > Leah I'd be rather cautious with those - someif not most of the soft and sticky plastic materials contain substantial amounts of softening agents that might damage the varnish of your instrument. Cheers, Ralf Mattes To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
