Leonard Williams at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > George Kelischek workshop produces and distributes a variety of early > and folk instruments from Brasstown in N or S Carolina (US)--can't recall > which state. They've had a good > reputation, but there is a tendency to introduce modern "improvements" to > early instruments. I remember > reading about their lute, and it sounded like it might be rather heavy--I > think it had tuning machines > rather than pegs as well as the roller bearing nut.
My first lute was a Kellischek that I bought in 1982. It had lute pegs, not machine heads. It did indeed have nut rollers, which worked very well. Their only disadvantage was that there was no way to adjust the nut spacing. It was not a heavy instrument, but it was a bit clunky-sounding. Not a bad entry-level instrument. Howard
