Hi Jay, I had that very same model built by Paolo Busato two years ago and played it extensively for my exams at the Conservatorio of Pavia: the projection is great and so it is the action. The instrument has been very stable so far (no cracks, no growing action, etc) and Paolo followed strictly every single indication I gave him. The instrument has been praised often by my both teachers, Massimo Lonardi at the Conservatorio of Pavia and Jakob Lindberg at the Soomerakademie Alte Musik in Neuburg an der Donau. I wouldnât be misled by his pricelist: Paolo is indeed not expensive, but the quality of his lutes is really high. Iâm about to ask him to rebuild the long neck of my big Hasenfuss theorbo, as the instrument has a fantastic voice, but Hasenfuss built a very heavy long neck, so it is really painful to homd during concerts. A lighter neck should solve the issue. All the best, Luca http://www.liuti.blog ---- On sab, 23 mar 2019 08:42:44 +0100 Jay F.<[email protected]> wrote ----
Hello all, I was wondering if anyone could provide some suggestions as to who would be the best luthier to make a copy of the Hrubà � Rohozec 1728 Dieffopruchar/Edlinger? I played one by Robert Lundberg and it was honestly one of the nicest sounding baroque lutes I've heard. The other major benefit is its extremely flat bowl which makes it quite comfortable to play despite its 76cm string length. The problem, however, is very few luthiers offer this model. I know Cesar Mateus makes them. I'd also consider asking Clive Titmuss. I know Busato also makes them, but I'm sceptical about him seeing as his lutes seem to be too cheap. I literally just received one made by Jiri Cepelak and its a total dud so we can count him off the list. He completely ignored some of my requests such as the stings I wanted, how many frets and the size of the bridge sting holes (I canâ � �t fit gut, or Aquila CD loaded bass strings for the bottom 5 courses). It came to me with a messed-up action (buzzing) and a terrible varnishing job on the bowl. I had heard he was reliable... but clearly, he rushed the construction on this instrument. Luckily, I haven't paid for it so I'll probably send it back. Any advice on this issue is also welcomed. Thanks for your help! -- To get on or off this list see list information at [1]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html -- References 1. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
