Subject: resting rt hand pinky

From: Richard Brook <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:28:22 -0400

Any thoughts on whether it’s OK not to rest rt. hand pinky on Baroque lute soundboard. It’s always been a strain for me, and I don’t think everyone does it.
I have a 13 course instrument.

Related question. What about putting a little block in front of the pinky side of the bridge to rest pinky on, or alternatively some kind of thimble
to lengthen pinky without messing up soundboard. May have to be invented.

Thanks
Dick Brook

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From: Roman Turovsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 17:41:59 -0400

Mine is too short, so I don't, ever.
It is not critical, as long as it is relaxed. Curled pinky is an 
anatomical hazard.
RT

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From: Christopher Wilke <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 21:45:02 +0000 (UTC)

Hi Dick,

   I know of no textual source that does not mention resting the pinky on
   the soundboard. A raised pinky is however quite frequently seen in
   iconography.

   Chris
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   On Monday, March 14, 2016, 5:30 PM, Richard Brook <[email-masked]>
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   Any thoughts on whether it's OK not to rest rt. hand pinky on Baroque
   lute soundboard. It's always been a strain for me, and I don't think
   everyone does it.
   I have a 13 course instrument.
   Related question. What about putting a little block in front of the
   pinky side of the bridge to rest pinky on, or alternatively some kind
   of thimble
   to lengthen pinky without messing up soundboard. May have to be
   invented.
   Thanks
   Dick Brook
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From: howard posner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 15:36:57 -0700

> On Mar 14, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Roman Turovsky <[email-masked]> wrote:
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And we know what Marco Rubio says about guys with short pinkies.

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From: Roman Turovsky <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:51:36 -0400

Rubio stopped making lutes before my time.
RT

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From: <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2016 18:22:54 -0700

Rest it on the bridge. That works relatively well and, with gut strings, is
good for the sound.
David

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Subject: [BAROQUE-LUTE] resting rt hand pinky

Any thoughts on whether it's OK not to rest rt. hand pinky on Baroque lute
soundboard. It's always been a strain for me, and I don't think everyone
does it.
I have a 13 course instrument.

Related question. What about putting a little block in front of the pinky
side of the bridge to rest pinky on, or alternatively some kind of thimble
to lengthen pinky without messing up soundboard. May have to be invented.

Thanks
Dick Brook