In medicine, we have a saying, "The most important part of the stethoscope lies between the earpieces."
It's in the fingers (or rather, the corpus striatum in the brain). Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of William Samson Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 9:26 AM To: Lute List Subject: [LUTE] What makes a good lute? I haven't really got much to add to the subject line. I've been chatting with Rob about this and various points have emerged I'd be interested in hearing what priorities you might put on the various characteristics of a lute in deciding if it's 'good' or otherwise. The kinds of things that have come up are (in no particular order): * playability (action, string spacing etc) * sound (which I can't easily define) * authenticity of design/construction * materials used * quality of craftsmanship * reputation of maker Of course these are rather broad headings and might easily be refined, clarified or broken down. Thoughts, please? Bill -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
