[LUTE] Buying a Lute

[Ido Shdaimah]

   Hello fellow lute players and enthusiasts, I have a fair amount of
   money saved and I would like to buy a lute. Currently I am eyeing Le
   Luth Doré lutes, what is your take on these?
   I would like a baroque lute, but Roman Turovsky advises against them
   because of the 140cm bridge length, but I would like to hear other
   people on the issue too.
   More on these lutes: What is the difference between the cheaper and the
   more expensive versions?
   And finally, I currently play the classical guitar, and I'm not
   planning to give up on it. So what should I do concerning the
   nail/nail-less dispute? Should I find a middle ground, play nail-less
   on both or maybe play with nails?
   Thanks in advance.

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[LUTE] Buying a Lute

[Kay Lay]

Hello,

About a year ago I learned three or four songs from my beginner's
lute-book, on a cheap
Pakistani lute which cost me about $600.
Unfortunately I soon reached a song which was impossible to play, due
to the stretches required. No matter how much I stretched out my
fingers (I am nineteen, and my ring size is 7), I would never have
been able to do it; the lute was simply too big for me. I gave up for
the time and have for about a year been missing playing my lute. I
looked up some pages online for Italian lutes, such as that of Paolo
Busato and Marco Salerno. With so many sellers and so many different
kinds of lutes, it is difficult for me to find one to suit me now that
I have enough money to buy a real lute!
I could spend as much as $5,000; however, what I would really like is
one between $1,000 and $2,500. I have a preference for Renaissance and
specifically Italian lutes. Please, could you give me advice about
purchasing one that would suit me? Otherwise I may just make another
mistake.

Thanks,

Kay



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