Renatus Lechner (http://www.renatus-lechner.de/) and the Schupp/Ferloni
workshop
(http://www.apizzico.de/instr_eng.htm) in Germany make reasonably prized
student
lutes. They only cost a bit more (starting at around 1000 Euro) but are three
times
better than those Pakistani lutes sold on Ebay and still a lot better than the
kits. In
Belgium you get good value from Renzo Salvador, in the USA people like to buy
Ed
Greenhoods student lutes, in Romania Gyorgy Lorinczi is very cheap, in Brazil
Luciano
Faria, and so on. Lots of good opportunities.
Good luck,
Stephan
Am 30 Sep 2006 um 18:27 hat Mosabi Greyfox geschrieben:
>
> Greetings!
>
> Hi everyone! I am new to the lute list and to lutes. I have been
> looking every where for a good starter lute. I have talked to a
> friend of mine who is a luthier. He said I should expect to
> spend in the range of $2500 (can) and up for a decent lute. See
> I am a guitar player and the most expensive guitar I own is only
> $800 so I am not in a big hurry drop that much cash.
>
> So that brings me to my question to all of you.
> I have been looking at 7 course lute made by EMS
> in england. [1]www.e-m-s.com This model hovers around $780 can in
> various stores. I have read a few reviews on this lute and the seem
> pretty good. But one person reviewed it as unplayable. I asked my
> luthier if he knew about this brand but he did not.
>
> So the question is: Is this lute a good buy? Has anyone played a
> lower end EMS?
>
> Thanks everyone for your time!
>
> Robin {Bard in training}
>
> References
>
> 1. http://www.e-m-s.com/
>
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