Colin Everett in Ottawa, had designed an array of travel lutes, that never really got off the ground in popularity. They were flat back, rectangular, no peghead, where as your pegs for tuning were on the bridge side, on the end block. He took them to the lute society seminars at some point and got an order or two. When Colin passed away, he bequeathed the two sets ( from Bass to Soprano) the Carlton University in Ottawa. I have the Baroque lute version of his travel lutes, but needs to be restored, and I don't have the time..
-- Bruno Cognyl-Fournier www.estavel.org 2014-03-06 9:41 GMT-05:00 Christopher Wilke <chriswi...@yahoo.com>: > While we're at it, let me repeat my plea for a luthier to design a practical > travel lute a la the Soloette or Aria AS-100C Sinsonido "silent" travel > guitars: > http://www.amazon.com/Aria-AS-100C-Sinsonido-Travel-Guitar/dp/B002AMVC0I/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top. > > I took one of these on vacation and kept up my classical guitar chops. I've > also used it plugged into an amp for wedding gigs. People think it looks > cool, too. There are electric ouds and even gambas nowadays as well. No such > option for the lute... > > I have a few design ideas but no wood working ability at all. If you're a > builder interested in cornering the market, feel free to contact me! > > Chris > > > > Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. > Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer > www.christopherwilke.com > > -------------------------------------------- > On Thu, 3/6/14, Geoff Gaherty <ge...@gaherty.ca> wrote: > > Subject: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? > To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu > Date: Thursday, March 6, 2014, 7:17 AM > > On 06/03/14 2:29 AM, T.Kakinami > wrote: > > > http://www.bagluthiers.com/producto.php?i43&p=laud_renacentista_-_barroco6cc3f8&id=43 > > That's close to my ideal. My present cases are mostly > made of wood and > significantly heavy and hard, not something I would want to > strap on my > back. A light-weight soft padded case on my back would > be a big > improvement. > > Geoff > > -- > Geoff Gaherty > Foxmead Observatory > Coldwater, Ontario, Canada > http://www.gaherty.ca > http://starrynightskyevents.blogspot.com/ > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > >
