Inventories of the Tieffenbrucker's shop on Moise Tieffenbrucker's
death in 1581 included 160 lutes ("ordinary" and "precious"),
unfinished lutes, necks, lute bodies and bellies, sawn ribs and lots
of other parts and accessories, including "800 dozen thin lute
strings" and 24 dozen violin strings.
The inventories are printed as an 11-page appendix to Doug Smith's
"History of the Lute."
On Sep 30, 2009, at 9:08 AM, Mark Probert wrote:
> Does anyone know if, back in the day, there was the equivalent of the
> Cremona factories for lutes? Or were lutes always a custom-built
> instrument?
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