Re: Holding the baroque lute

2003-11-04 Thread Jon Murphy
Taking your tongue in cheek seriously for the moment, I'll say that we on the harp have let ourselves go electronic. We use electronic tuners with mic pickups to tune. And those can use an earphone output. Not that I distrust my ear, I can still tune all 52 strings of my harp with an A fork and my

Re: Holding the baroque lute

2003-11-03 Thread Roman Turovsky
Have any of you baroque lute players experimented with holding your instrument with the aid of a solid table as opposed to the traditional crossed leg method, left foot stool method, or strap method? several strap ways, btw. I prefer a strap over my back and left shoulder, only. That way,

Re: Holding the baroque lute

2003-11-03 Thread Herbert Ward
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Roman Turovsky wrote: Any ideas? Even louder and more convenient would be a doctor's stethoscope attached to the pegbox with a rubber band. I guess you'd want the type of stethoscope with a built-in diaphragm -- but I'm no expert. This, of course, reminds me of the