Mandolin Lute
Anyone in the Dallas area know where I can rent a medieval instrument (e.g. mandolin, lute, lyre, etc) ?
I need a “working” instrument. One that can be played but it doesn’t have to sound good. It is for a 2 month run of CYMBALINE for Shakespeare Dallas.
Well, OK. No one is going to rent you a lute (those are really expensive instruments). They don’t want it back in shards. Pretty much the same for a lyre. Those are not really made too much anymore, at least in the USA. Mandolin? You MIGHT be able to rent a really cheap model somewhere – local music shop or even buy a cheap-o on craigslist.
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Why ‘it doesn’t have to sound good’, I’ll never know. Do you know how to PLAY any ot those instruments or is it just a prop?

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