I wouldn't be surprised if the Pakistan ones are hand made too. Aria
used to have a brand of lutes, but actually these too were made by one
maker in Nagoya and sold under the Aria name.
On Oct 1, 2009, at 1:15 AM, vance wood wrote:
With the exception of those Lutes(?) made in
Actually, thought, what I was trying to get at is this; who was buying
those hundreds of lutes under construction, or at least with parts
made/bought, in the death inventories, and how much were they paying
for them? Granted, this has little or nothing to do with what's going
Dana,
With modern resaw blades and thickness sanders, you would be shocked at
how small a block will make a complete shell. My last Bruner was made
using curly maple and was sawn from a block of 3 by 2. This was done
on the diagonal to get the best figure, so there is still wood
With the exception of those Lutes(?) made in Pakistan I can remember only
Lutes being hand made one at a time by custom builders for individual
clients. Hopefully I am wrong but I do not think so.
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From: Mark Probert probe...@gmail.com
To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Inventories of the Tieffenbrucker's shop on Moise Tieffenbrucker's
death in 1581 included 160 lutes (ordinary and precious),
unfinished lutes, necks, lute bodies and bellies, sawn ribs and lots
of other parts and accessories, including 800 dozen thin lute
strings and 24 dozen violin strings.
The
Someone should write an article with photos about those lute factories in
Pakistan, perhaps send a lute-builder there ;)
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Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 6:15 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute
eight lute bodies
27 lute bellies
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Behalf Of howard posner
Sent: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 9:23 AM
To: Lutelist list
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Lute Factories
Inventories of the Tieffenbrucker's shop
My first lute - bought around 1965 - was a factory made (German, I
think) instrument. It had a molded plastic rose inset into the top, a
guitar style bridge and metal frets. Spruce, maple and rosewood, as I
remember, were the woods used. Neddless to say, a rather heavy
On Sep 30, 2009, at 10:37 AM, nedma...@aol.com wrote:
But for me - returning to this instrument from the cello - I
consider
lutes cheap. The two local violin makers that build cellos were
asking $12,000 to $15,000 for one of their cellos ten years
ago. The
luthier who made one
Point taken, Howard. If the demand for lutes were what it is for
violins, I suspect there would be factories turning them out at similar
prices to those three to four hundred dollar violins. By the same
token, the makers who now charge three to five thousand dollars for
their
Fellow Luters,
Those lute inventories suggest that:
1) Repairs were more frequent than purchases.
2) Lute bellies died first.
3) The repairman with more loaners did the most business.
Louis Aull
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On Sep 30, 2009, at 10:37 AM, nedma...@aol.com wrote:
But you can get a student violin for $200-300 US, and less than that
with super saver shipping from Amazon.com.
So at the entry
level, lutes are much more expensive.
SAT Plastic recorders can be had for under $100 and are seen on sale
Hi, all.
So, to combine two threads, does any one know of any data on the cost
of lutes during the Golden Age, say around 1600, to pick a roughly
median date? As a percentage of median income, in Florentine ducats
corrected for inflation, whatever?
Best, and keep playing,
Never mind all that, a baroque wooden transverse flute from a reputable
make can go easily for more than 2000$.A But anyone can learn how to
play regular transverse flute on a cheap 500$ yamaha flute. Thatty
won't make you a baroque flute player but can be an introduction.A The
Hi, all,
Thanks for the reply, Howard. The Beethoven stuff was interesting;
I'll take a look at the archive.
Actually, thought, what I was trying to get at is this; who was buying
those hundreds of lutes under construction, or at least with parts
made/bought, in the death
Actually, thought, what I was trying to get at is this; who was buying
those hundreds of lutes under construction, or at least with parts
made/bought, in the death inventories, and how much were they paying
for them?
Customers were buying the lutes, just as today. it could have
On Sep 30, 2009, at 8:06 PM, Christopher Stetson wrote:
By the way, Howard; I'm still formulating my well-thought-out response
to your pseudo-science remark.
Better hurry. It expires after 48 hours.
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