Hi All, I have received a lot of e-mails, suggentions, in response to my question, and I think I got enough information to draw a positive conclusion. I highly appreciate your help, both in regard to Faria lute as well as recommendations for other lutes. I didn't reply to all the people but I am grateful to all of you who wrote me.
>From now I appreciate your suggestion as to, e.g., what I should ask him, etc. (especially strings: I think I want nylgut....) I think I decided to buy his lute. Best regards, Marta To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
