I just spent a week with Nigel at the LSA seminar and got to see his
lute up close. He has tied a loop of gut fret to his button and runs
a strap through it (tied at the pegbox). The strap is loose through
the gut fret loop and continues with enough length for him to sit on
it. This allows him to adjust tension however he wants by sitting on
more or less of the strap. Any very flexible belt would work in his
method or a long length of leather or some cloth material.
Michael
On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 7:43 AM, Charles Mokotoff
<[1]mokot...@gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks to everyone for the replies. What is clear from my looking
the
URLs over is that:
1. No one in the USA is selling these
2. They are a bit expensive for what you get
However, I understand that some of these are quite beautiful and
much
nicer than anything I could probably cobble together.
More importantly, I played around with my version some more and
noticed
that, yes, the lute is sitting stable on the RIGHT thigh, rather
than
in between the thighs with a footstool, (essentially I hold the
instrument as if it were a classical guitar). This used to work
in my
younger years, not so much now. But, playing thumb out and using
the
strap, it still is uncomfortable and tends to put my hand over
the rose
or even closer to the neck. Perhaps just needs some time to
adjust?
Nigel North's strap configuration looks a bit different than what
Paul
uses:
[1][2]https://youtu.be/c7wLjIF1N5o
Thanks, again.
On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 4:07 PM, Charles Mokotoff
<[2][3]mokot...@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone know where I could get this strap that Paul
O'Dette
is
referring to in this interview?
[1][3][4]https://youtu.be/tQ5vltWA0IY?t=15m27s
I have tried jury-rigging something similar but it isn't
working
all
that well for me. My lute looks about the same size as the
instrument
Paul is holding.
Thanks for any words of wisdom on this, I've been wanting to
sit
differently for some time.
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5. https://youtu.be/tQ5vltWA0IY?t=15m27s
6. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
7. https://youtu.be/c7wLjIF1N5o
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10. https://youtu.be/tQ5vltWA0IY?t=15m27s
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