It is plucked with a quill plectrum or the bare fingertips.
Justin said his favorite activity so far had been learning to write with a quill pen.
The earliest European lutes followed the Arab instruments in having four strings plucked with a quill plectrum.
It's not often you witness a player attacking their instrument with a bottleneck while another strokes theirs with a quill.
They can try colonial projects like writing with a quill pen or making a ball-and-cup game.
(He also shows Mary Shelley writing laboriously, with a quill, in her notebook — writing not as concept alone but also as physical exertion).
While I was waiting, an image flashed in my mind: Gore in breeches and a powdered wig, composing something at his desk with a quill pen.
There are reports that Buchinger wrote with a quill pen held between his arms, one of which sprouted a small, thumblike node, capable of gripping.
They can also "go on the account" (period shorthand for signing on as a pirate), with a quill pen of course.
It teaches you courage under fire and it's the opposite of sitting in an attic with a quill, waiting for the muse to descend.
