That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for February 09, 2022

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    BE THIS GUY  over 2 years ago

    Anders got his first 12-string at the 5 guilder and dime.

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    rmremail  over 2 years ago

    Take off your hat! How can you hear anything with it on? And while you’re at it, cut your hair. Pheh! Kids and their music nowadays!

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    rmremail  over 2 years ago

    Michael Yagger was preparing for his big concert.

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    Solstice*1947  over 2 years ago

    /// He’s a protégé of the marquise,

    but his “music” is endless reprise.

    Notes G, C, E and A;

    that is all he will play,

    with the odd lyric: “My dog has fleas.”

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    Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 2 years ago

    He brings his books and his instrument to parties. He never drinks beer. Meet the world’s most boring man.

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    ronaldspence  over 2 years ago

    when his girlfriend says “what a lyre” she isn’t insulting Gregor…

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    Call me Ishmael  over 2 years ago

    He isn’t the average brute..

    No guitar, but rather a lute..

    Looking over his shoulder

    He does seem to smolder..

    Could this painting be “still life, with fruit”…

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    Jayalexander  over 2 years ago

    Ah crap. Now I’ve got to start all over again.

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    Ubintold  over 2 years ago

    Uke tune it to: my dog has fleas

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    Call me Ishmael  over 2 years ago

    VThe rest of the band may be so-so

    But he is a real virtuoso..

    Corelli or Händel

    Very few hold a candle

    To him, in a Concerto Grosso !

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    pcolli  over 2 years ago

    “And now for my 5 hour lute solo….”

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    gopher gofer  over 2 years ago

    hans tunes up for his maggie may solo.

    sadly, they later decided to go with a mandolin…

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    Call me Ishmael  over 2 years ago

    And because his talent is real

    He will practice with infinite zeal..

    No Porsche will be crashed

    No hotel suite be trashed…

    This kid is the genuine deal !

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    Reader  over 2 years ago

    He shouldn’t fret so much over the tuning.

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    thebashfulone  over 2 years ago

    And then, that will bring us back to Do?

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    Buzzworld  over 2 years ago

    Franz could never seem to get the H string in tune.

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    coltish1  over 2 years ago

    And … wait! Who put this brisket on my hat?

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    ricktaft46  over 2 years ago

    There used to be an old saying that a 60 year old lute player had spent 40 year tuning his instrument.

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    rmremail  over 2 years ago

    Charles, stop playing with your instrument and go take out the trash!

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    Tyge  over 2 years ago

    I’ll never get the Norwegian Wood tuning right on this thing.

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    DATo  over 2 years ago

    I gotta admit, Melcher’s got a good one today. LOL

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    Jefano Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Somehow I’m reminded of the classic tune “Cleaning My Rifle and Thinking of You”:

    https://youtu.be/TXYw94iSAjU

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    Carol from CT  over 2 years ago

    Sitting here, tuning his lute / Pretending he don’t know he is cute / He’s stringing along / Us all, for a song / Just so his own horn he can toot!

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    Rev Phnk Ey  over 2 years ago

    Hmmmm. I seem to have gotten my finger stuck in this thing.

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    wincoach Premium Member over 2 years ago

    The only known portrait of the famous Renaissance serial killer known as the Lute Strangler.

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    PoodleGroomer  over 2 years ago

    His roadie got stoned last night. There will be a 2 hour delay in the start of the show while he remembers how to tune a lute.

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    jscarff57 Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Seems to be broken. Now I’m going to have to go to Lute Center and get a new one…

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    prrdh  over 2 years ago

    When Hagar goes a-viking, he’s looting toons.

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    MuddyUSA  Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Yes, I’m tuning my lute. What else would I be doing?

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    Calvins Brother  over 2 years ago

    “I’m so stoned!”

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    Linguist  over 2 years ago

    “You keep tuning your lute and you’ll go cross-eyed!”

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    Linguist  over 2 years ago

    Lance the Lutist was always a bit odd. It wasn’t just his mode of dress, nor his effete manners, it was his music! I mean, come on … who plays Ravel’s Bolero on the lute?

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    Another Take  over 2 years ago

    Just don’t come in when he’s blowing his flute.

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    Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 2 years ago

    This would be a lot easier if I could afford to buy strings!

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    KEA  over 2 years ago

    Sometimes a lute is just a lute.

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    The Wolf In Your Midst  over 2 years ago

    Unable to afford an apartment large enough for a full-size workbench, Levi found himself having to make concessions when it came to building lutes.

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    rikkiTikki Premium Member over 2 years ago

    PETA is on the way to take this guy down for his apparel.

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    anomaly  over 2 years ago

    One of those Glam Punk Troubadours.

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    Ken Holman Premium Member over 2 years ago

    It was only when he finally finished tuning that he discovered the woman he was going to serenade had already left.

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    mabrndt Premium Member over 2 years ago

    The Lute Player

    https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Johannes_Baeck_-_Der_Lautenspieler.jpg 

    (best viewed using Google Chrome, which can automatically translate most webpages if necessary) has info and links that point to more info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

     

    Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image at 

    https://thatispricelessblog.com/2022/02/masterpiece-2875/ 

    and using the dropdown menu (even larger if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there (awaiting Mr. Melcher’s approval) pointing to the artist info I used to point to here. First work by this artist used here.

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    Mostly Water Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Can’t tell if he has his pants on.

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    Funny_Ha_Ha  over 2 years ago

    The fist rendition of Voodoo Child required the performer to firmly grasp the lute with their loins.

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    Snoopy_Fan  over 2 years ago

    Keith Richards as a young man.

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    Snoopy_Fan  over 2 years ago

    “Hey, don’t feel bad. A lot of lutes are bent at the neck.”

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 2 years ago

    Everybody knew that he earned that feather in his cap by knowing how to tune a lute.

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    Running Buffalo Premium Member over 2 years ago

    I didn’t realize it would take this long when they agreed to give it to me for a song. Perhaps I should change to an accordion …

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    bunrabbit99  over 2 years ago

    what the hell is on his hat????

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    harebell  over 2 years ago

    OK, ok, Lieut., I’m tuning as fast as I can!

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