Sorry about that. Hit the wrong button. Anyhow, you will probably pay much the same from a store or from a builder. The store adds a mark-up to stay in business, but the builder, when he sells retail incurs many of the same expenses. Perhaps more significantly, the builder cannot afford to have a customer buy one of his from a store, then find his website on line and think that the store has "ripped him off".
In my experience, unless the builder is set-up to do only retail or do only wholesale, the whole thing becomes somewhat of an awkward dance. Craig Craig R. Pierpont Another Era Lutherie www.anotherera.com Stewart McCoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dear Neil, I'm afraid I do not share your experience. By and large you get what you pay for. If a lute is exceptionally cheap, it is likely that there is something wrong with it. I would advise going direct to a maker, rather than buy through a shop, if only because the shop will take its cut. The Lute Society provides a list of makers. Many of them have websites, which will provide useful information. Sometimes makers make instruments on spec, so you don't necessarily have to wait for an instrument to be made. Best wishes, Stewart McCoy. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Narada" To: "'Daniel F Heiman'" ; Cc: Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2007 12:46 PM Subject: [LUTE] Re: help > Shumo, > > As Daniel say's you can buy a Lute from the Early Music Shop here in the > UK. I purchased my 8 course from them and for the price it is > exceptional quality, and their after sales support is superb. They have > a shop on eBay and I believe that they dispatch worldwide. I would > recommend that you have a look. > > Best Wishes > > Neil Woodhouse. > Yorkshire, England To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --------------------------------- You snooze, you lose. Get messages ASAP with AutoCheck in the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta. --
