Point taken, Howard. If the demand for lutes were what it is for violins, I suspect there would be factories turning them out at similar prices to those three to four hundred dollar violins. By the same token, the makers who now charge three to five thousand dollars for their lutes would be able to ask at least fifteen to twenty thousand dollars for them. With apologies to those having little to spend on an instrument, I'm grateful for the relative lack of demand for lutes and the resulting relatively low prices for really fine instruments.
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