Greetings to all, It seems that there are allot of good sources for viewing historical = lutes and players in paintings etc, Especially David Van Edwards site. = However, this has just seemed to wet my appetite for the real thing. = While it's possible to find historical photos scattered here and there, = there doesn't seem to be a place to view these lutes in one place. Therefore, I have created a place on my new website just for this = very thing! =20 Kenneth Be was kind enough to send photos of his recent visit to Yale, = and today David Van Edwards sent photos of that glorious and evasive = Leoplold Widhalm, which I posted ( the king of all Baroque lutes in my = humble opining) that he personally measured and photographed. What a = find! =20 If anyone out there has some good photos of historical lutes they = would like to contribute, please send them and I will post them. = Hopefully this can grow into something interesting.=20 Sorry for all the guitar stuff, just go to historical Museum photos. Happy holidays, =20 Michael Thames Luthier www.ThamesClassicalGuitars.com (P.S. -- my wife designed the site!) --