Dear Chris, I think this lute dont look so good that I would buy it for a moment in which your daughter can play it. For me it looks a litle bit heavy and also the model I dont like for a 10-11 curse lute. Maybe you can see who made it. There are lutes from germany around the year 1970 who are realy heavy and more like guitars and you cant play it like a lute. For me it is looking a little bit like one of this lutes. Also I think that if your daugther loves the music there will be come the day in which she chooses a instrument she loves too. That will be a Instrument from which she probably is acompanied for the rest of her life and I think it would be a litle bit frustrating if she must play this lute who daddy once bought.
Regards Daniel > --- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --- > Von: Christopher Witmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > An: List Lute <lute@cs.dartmouth.edu> > Betreff: [LUTE] Can anyone provide some insight into this instrument for > me? > Datum: Sun, 26 Mar 2006 19:00:11 +0900 > > I have been advised by a total ignoramus about lutes that another > person, who is also a total ignoramus about lutes, has one gathering > dust at his place and would be willing to sell it for "whatever would be > a fair price." > > Since I know very little about lutes myself, I thought I should link the > images here and ask for help in identifying the instrument and > guesstimating what might be a fair price to offer for it (if anything). > > I do know that it looks nice in the pictures! (Doh!) > > This would be used by my daughter (age 13, 168-9cm, large hands) who is > soon going to switch from piano (at which she is quite good) to lute, > since she has been totally in love with Renaissance and baroque music > for many years. I had been thinking of a smallish Renaissance lute with > 7-8 courses for her to start with, and I suspect this instrument might > be a bit of a stretch for her at first, but if it is worth buying and > hanging on to at a certain price, I might make an offer. If it turns out > to be less than ideal for her as a beginning instrument, we can continue > the search for something better suited and save this instrument for when > she reaches the right point in her development and needs it to play > pieces for which a lute with fewer courses would be inappropriate . . . > > Here are the images; any helpful advice would be GREATLY appreciated. > > http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/4571/lute12wl.jpg > > http://img217.imageshack.us/img217/5471/lute25tg.jpg > > http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/7404/lute32gx.jpg > > Thanks! > > Chris Witmer > Tokyo > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > -- "Feel free" mit GMX FreeMail! Monat für Monat 10 FreeSMS inklusive! http://www.gmx.net
