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
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,
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