Indeed the price of new lutes is too low. I bought my Rubio in 1968 with excess
money left over from a summer job while I was an undergraduate student. I was
just astounded at how much craftsmanship I got for $600. Maybe that is why
Rubio eventually quit making lutes and switched to
Ian Gatiss made some arrangements of 15th century dance tenors in the
1980s - for people who wanted to try to recreate the dances.
The original music for 'Filles a marier' is just a series of long
notes. Ian Gatiss created the upper and lower parts which evidently
would have been improvised
Charles;
I had always used Pyramid strings on my Rubio Lute, and they
sounded so great I tried them on my Velazquez guitar and they sounded
terrible. I now use Savarez 520B on my guitar and they sound good
enough-maybe I had it backwards! I should try Savarez guitar strings on
