I am considering building a lute. Unfortunately, I have little knowledge of the lute other that hearing the wonderful, mellow tone of the lute on various recordings. I see there are plans available for building various types of lutes. Does any one know of a resource that has a list of the various types of lutes and a sound sampling of each type?
So far, I have built a dulcimer (hammered), two mandolins, and am currently working on a violin. (I also built two ukuleles for the kids, but somehow it doesn't seem like those count.) I am looking to build a plucked instrument with a richer, more mellow sound than the mandolins. Any ideas on what type of lute? Thanks for any suggestions. Paul -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
