Thanks Robert, Stephen, Eugene and Ron - I'm forwarding your recommendations on to my guitarist/would-be-lutenist friend. It's good to know that there are a number of fine lute makers here. (I do wish that at least one were down in this neck of the woods; have just reglued the pegbox to one of my instruments for the third time! I was clumsy once, others contributed the other times).
Best wishes, Ned (Edward) On Aug 6, 2011, at 6:32 PM, Ron Andrico wrote: > Hello Ned: > > I can recommend Richard Fletcher's work. I have had the chance to try out > four of his instruments over the past year, and they were all very nice > lutes. Another name to add to your list is Mel Wong. I played Mel's > experimental 'Chinese' lute last September when we were in SF, and it was > also a nice lute. Mel is also a very nice person. > > Best wishes, > > Ron Andrico > > > Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2011 15:15:35 -0400 > > To: [email protected] > > From: [email protected] > > Subject: [LUTE] American luthiers > > > > A guitarist friend of mine - not yet a member here - wants to get a lute > > and asked my advice. He would like to get from a maker in this country > > (U.S.). The only current maker whose instruments I have played and can > > absolutely recommend is Dan Larson, but I think his wait time is rather > > long right now. Others listed in the Lute Quarterly are Richard Fletcher, > > David Fitzpatrick and Ken Brodkey. Has anyone here experience with the > > instruments of any of these makers? -Edward > > > > > > > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html --
