On Aug 6, 2011, at 12:15 PM, Edward Mast wrote: > 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?
Fletcher makes concert-quality instruments; at least, he did. I haven't been in the market for a lute in this century, so I don't know what he's producing now. Paul O'Dette used to play a smallish Fletcher theorbo before he went for something bigger and louder in the 1990's. -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
