[LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes?

2014-03-08 Thread Alain Veylit
Great picture, but I would feel better if there was some sort of suspension device on those wheels -- As it is, it does not seem to be a good system to get through the cobblestones patches of the Paris-Roubaix race... Alain PS: Not to mention stairs... On 03/07/2014 10:09 PM, Anthony Hart

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2014-03-07 Thread Christopher Wilke
On Fri, 3/7/14, Bernd Haegemann b...@symbol4.de wrote: Subject: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? To: wayne cripps w...@cs.dartmouth.edu Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Date: Friday, March 7, 2014, 1:22 AM Has anybody ever seen a historical painting of a lute player with his

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2014-03-07 Thread Monica Hall
Haegemann b...@symbol4.de Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 12:44 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? No. I've also never seen a painting of a lute smashed by Delta baggage handlers. I don't think even the most expressive artist could capture that level of anguish

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2014-03-07 Thread Mayes, Joseph
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Bernd Haegemann [b...@symbol4.de] Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 1:22 AM To: wayne cripps Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? Has anybody ever seen a historical painting

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2014-03-07 Thread Monica Hall
- Original Message - From: Mayes, Joseph ma...@rowan.edu To: Bernd Haegemann b...@symbol4.de; wayne cripps w...@cs.dartmouth.edu Cc: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Sent: Friday, March 07, 2014 6:59 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? I have framed on my studio wall a detail from a painting

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2014-03-07 Thread David van Ooijen
Perhaps that would be a safer way of travelling than by Delta Airlines. Colleague of mine used to travel by plane with her theorbo in a bed sheet. Mind you, not a blanket or a sleeping bag, but a thin bed sheet only. Her theory was that air plane personnel would

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2014-03-07 Thread Anthony Hart
Who needs a back pack? See this, fits all sizes, even a theorbo: [1]https://www.facebook.com/67515370408/photos/a.416171615408.207658.67 515370408/10152236127330409/?type=1theater On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 7:22 AM, Bernd Haegemann [2]b...@symbol4.de wrote: Has anybody ever seen

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2014-03-06 Thread Taco Walstra
On 03/05/2014 10:20 PM, Bruno Fournier wrote: I don't see a backback case for a theorbo however. Would be fun to enter a train without thinking... :-D taco -- Forwarded message -- From: Bruno Fournier br...@estavel.org Date: 2014-03-05 16:05 GMT-05:00 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re

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2014-03-06 Thread Anthony Hind
Victor Vorko here in Paris makes excellent cases which include back straps, and I was thinking of having similar back straps fitted to my MTM baroque lute case, but this back axe solution does look very good. Anthony Sent from my iPhone On 6 mars 2014, at 00:12, Leah Baranov

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2014-03-06 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 06/03/14 2:29 AM, T.Kakinami wrote: http://www.bagluthiers.com/producto.php?i43p=laud_renacentista_-_barroco6cc3f8id=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

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2014-03-06 Thread Christopher Wilke
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

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2014-03-06 Thread Bruno Fournier
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?i43p=laud_renacentista_-_barroco6cc3f8id=43 That's close to my ideal

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2014-03-06 Thread Bruno Fournier
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

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2014-03-06 Thread Miles Dempster
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

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2014-03-06 Thread Bruno Fournier
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

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2014-03-06 Thread Garry Bryan
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?i43p=laud_renacentista_

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2014-03-06 Thread Dan Winheld
/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?i43p=laud_renacentista_-_barroco6cc3f8id=43 That's close to my

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2014-03-06 Thread David van Ooijen
! Chris Dr. Christopher Wilke D.M.A. Lutenist, Guitarist and Composer [3]www.christopherwilke.com On Thu, 3/6/14, Geoff Gaherty [4]ge...@gaherty.ca wrote: Subject: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? To: [5]lute

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2014-03-06 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 06/03/14 11:55 AM, Dan Winheld wrote: That Roosebeck thing seems more like a beach or camping out in the woods lute than just a travel, per se. A back-up for the risky gigs, or even a financially challenged beginner's better-than-nothing instrument. I would seriously like to check one out; I

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2014-03-06 Thread howard posner
On Mar 6, 2014, at 8:46 AM, Garry Bryan gar...@netins.net wrote: I'm still trying to figure out why they keep their house guitarist in a box, because I'm sure that they weren't referring to the Roosebeck when they mentioned playing right out of the box.” If you wait for the end of the

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2014-03-06 Thread Bernd Haegemann
Has anybody ever seen a historical painting of a lute player with his backpack? Am 05.03.2014 20:56, schrieb wayne cripps: I see guys carrying 'cellos and guitars in backpacks - does anyone make a backpack for a baroque lute (in its case)? Wayne To get on or off this list see list

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2014-03-05 Thread Dan Winheld
I'll bet no manufacturer is thinking of backpacks for lutes. Haven't seen one yet in REI, LL Bean, or Cabela's. Here's what I use- It's a top loading army duffle bag with two straps for carrying on one's back. I dump the lute in it's MTM case right in, the top clip just manages to close. The

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2014-03-05 Thread Geoff Gaherty
On 05/03/14 2:56 PM, wayne cripps wrote: I see guys carrying 'cellos and guitars in backpacks - does anyone make a backpack for a baroque lute (in its case)? Decades ago at the York Early Music Week a young lady lutenist turned up with a lute backpack, which impressed us all. Though Jacob

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2014-03-05 Thread Bruno Fournier
--e89a8fb1f7fc15636704f3e260f0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I replied to Wayne directly, but I'll share what I replied: Bag luthiers, see link below, makes soft backpack cases for lutes and theorbos.. Hi Wayne, I have a backpack softcase

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2014-03-05 Thread Bruno Fournier
-- Forwarded message -- From: Bruno Fournier br...@estavel.org Date: 2014-03-05 16:05 GMT-05:00 Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? To: Dan Winheld dwinh...@lmi.net Cc: wayne cripps w...@cs.dartmouth.edu, lute@cs.dartmouth.edu I replied to Wayne directly, but I'll share

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2014-03-05 Thread jslute
Dear All, Just for the record, I have one of those guitar backpacks and tried to adapt it to carry a lute, but shape of the lute case is so different from a guitar case that i couldn't make it work. Jim Stimson On 03/05/14, wayne crippsw...@cs.dartmouth.edu wrote: I see

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2014-03-05 Thread David van Ooijen
I made a big bag, big enough to hold a lute case, and made straps around it to carry it as a back pack. It works for most of my (smaller) lutes cases. Some bigger caes I have adapted with - I don't know the proper English word - metal loops to hook back back straps on. Back back

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2014-03-05 Thread Leah Baranov
Has anyone tried the Back Axe? [1]http://www.berkshire.net/~mmipro/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:48 PM, David van Ooijen [2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote: I made a big bag, big enough to hold a lute case, and made straps around it to carry it as a back pack. It works for

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2014-03-05 Thread Dan Winheld
THIS looks like today's winner! Thanks for the link. Dan On 3/5/2014 3:12 PM, Leah Baranov wrote: Has anyone tried the Back Axe? [1]http://www.berkshire.net/~mmipro/ To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html

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2014-03-05 Thread Dan Winheld
Pictures in English! I know you can do it- only yours will be left-handed...:-D Dan On 3/5/2014 3:12 PM, Leah Baranov wrote: Has anyone tried the Back Axe? [1]http://www.berkshire.net/~mmipro/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 4:48 PM, David van Ooijen [2]davidvanooi...@gmail.com wrote:

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2014-03-05 Thread Lindberg, Richard
Baranov; David van Ooijen Cc: lutelist Net Subject: [LUTE] Re: backpacks for lutes? THIS looks like today's winner! Thanks for the link. Dan On 3/5/2014 3:12 PM, Leah Baranov wrote: Has anyone tried the Back Axe? [1]http://www.berkshire.net/~mmipro/ To get on or off this list see

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2014-03-05 Thread Leah Baranov
Looking forward to feedback on it once you've used it a bit! Enjoy. All the best, Leah On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 6:33 PM, Dan Winheld [1]dwinh...@lmi.net wrote: THIS looks like today's winner! Thanks for the link. Dan On 3/5/2014 3:12 PM, Leah Baranov wrote: Has

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2014-03-05 Thread T.Kakinami
Please check here! http://www.bagluthiers.com/producto.php?i43p=laud_renacentista_-_barroco6cc 3f8id=43 * Toshiaki Kakinami E-mail : tk...@orchid.plala.or.jp Blog : http://kakitoshilute.blogspot.com