> On Sep 30, 2009, at 10:37 AM, [email protected] wrote: > But you can get a student violin for $200-300 US, and less than that > with super saver shipping from Amazon.com.
> So at the entry > level, lutes are much more expensive. SAT Plastic recorders can be had for under $100 and are seen on sale in thousands of band stores thruout America. A quality wooden renaissance tenor can be had for perhaps $800 USD (I payed $400 in late 70'S) Violins are not comparable to lutes, they are much smaller in terms of the wood they use; they also have a much larger marketplace. G lute lies somewhere between viola and cello; easier to compare lute and guitar for parts. Lute ribs may take more material than guitars back and sides, you loose a lot tapering the lute ribs. A cheap instrument will mix the ribs, perhaps using spares leftover from bookmatched sets used on more expensive instruments. -- Dana Emery To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
